2213. Adulteration and misbranding? of gauze bandage. IT. S. -v. 34 Cartons, etc. (F. D. C. No. 22202. Sample Nos. 44670-H, 44671-H.) LIBEL FILED : January 27, 1947, District of Arizona. ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about November 15, 1946, by the Hampton Mfg. Co., from Carlstadt, N. J. PBODTJCT: 34 cartons and 20 cartons, each carton containing 12 packages, of gauze bandage, at Phoenix, Ariz. LABEL, IN PART : "Blue Cross * * * Gauze Bandage Sterilized." NATUBB OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (b), the article purported to be and was represented as "Gauze Bandage," a drug the name of which is recog- nized in the United" States Pharmacopoeia, an official compendium, but its quality and purity fell below the official standard since it was not sterile. Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label statement "Sterilized" was false and misleading as applied to an article that was not sterile. DISPOSITION : June 12, 1947. Default decree of condemnation and destruction.