2623. Adulteration and misbranding of Estronat.   U. S. v. 55 Vials    *    *    *.
(F.D.C. No. 25816.   Sample No. 27396-K.)
LIBEL FILED :    October 11, 1948, Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about June 1 and October 31, 1946, by the National
Drug Co., from Philadelphia, Pa.
PRODUCT :   55   25-cc. vials of Estronat at St. Louis, Mo.
LABEL, IN PART: "25 cc * * * Estronat-10,000 Natural Estrogenic Hor-
mone Substance 'National'."
NATURE OF CHARGE : The article was adulterated while held for sale after ship-
ment in interstate commerce under Section 501 (c), in that its strength differed
from that which it was represented to possess, namely, 10,000 International
Units of estrone per cubic centimeter, due to estrogens from pregnant mares'
urine; and, further, it was misbranded while so held for sale under Section
502 (a), in that the label statements "Estronat-10,000 * * * 10,000
International Units of Natural Estrogenic Hormone Substance * * * in
each cc" were false and misleading as applied to the article, the potency of
which, due to its content of estrogens as they occur in, and are extracted from,
the urine of pregnant mares, was not in excess of 6,000 International Units.
DISPOSITION : November 12, 1948. Default decree of condemnation and
destruction.