1798. Misbranding: of estrogenic substance.    II. S. v. 10 Vials and 15 Vials or
Estrogenic Substance.   Default decrees of condemnation and destruction^
(P. D. C. Nos. 16202,16287.    Sample Nos. 4237-H, 16540-H.)
LIBELS FILED : May 23 and 29,1945, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and North-
ern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of January 23 and May 15,.
1945, by the Metropolitan Laboratories, Inc., from New York, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 10 vials of estrogenic substance at Reading, Pa., and 15 vials of:
estrogenic substance at Chicago, 111.
?See also Nos. 1755, 1757, 1761, 1768, 1782, 1785, 1788, 1789, 1795.
ILABEL, IN PART: "30 cc Vial Met-Estrin (Estrogenic Substance) 10,000 Int.
Units in each 1 cc in a light vegetable oil."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (e), the label of the article failed
to bear the common or usual name of each active ingredient since the designa-
tion "Estrogenic Substance" is not the specific name of any particular sub-
stance but is a generic name for a class of substances.
DISPOSITION: October 2, 1845. No claimant having appeared, judgments of
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
DRUGS ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO BEAR A LABEL CON-
TAINING AN ACCURATE STATEMENT OF THE QUANTITY OF THE
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