2002. -Misbranding: of penicillin sodium.    U. S. v. 102 Vials of Penicillin Sodium.
Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered delivered to public
welfare institution. (F. D. C. No. 20248. Sample Nos. 14070-H, 14072-H,
14073-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 12, 1946, Eastern District of Kentucky.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about February 8,1946, by the Hale-Justis Drug Co.,
from Cincinnati, Ohio.
PRODUCT :    102 vials of penicillin sodium at Lexington, Ky.   The product had not
been certified in accordance with the requirements of the law.
LABEL, IN PART:   "NO. 732   Penicillin Sodium   100,000 Oxford Units (Mfd. by
Heyden Chemical Corporation)    *    *    *    Supplied by Lakeside Laboratories
Milwaukee, Wisconsin."
NATURE OF CHARGE: . Section 502 (1), the article was a drug composed in whole
or in part of a derivative of penicillin, and it was not from a batch with respect
to which a certificate of release, issued pursuant to the regulations, was in effect.
DISPOSITION : August 9, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con-
demnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to public welfare
institutions, since the Food and Drug Administration had certified that the
product was fit for use.
DRUGS ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO BEAR ADEQUATE
DIRECTIONS OR WARNING STATEMENTS