3024. Misbranding of miscellaneous salvaged drugs.   U. S. v. 25 Crates, etc.
(F. D. C. No. 27154.   Sample No. 62100-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   April 21,1949, District of Massachusetts.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about April 17, 1948, by the Underwriter Salvage
Co. of New York, from Providence, It. I.
PRODUCT: 25 crates and 36 cartons of miscellaneous salvaged drugs at West
Lynn, Mass. A portion of the material had been fire-damaged. Some bottles
and jars were unlabeled; in some bottles a number of tablets had partially
.disintegrated; and in some bottles a number of tablets had fused and adhered
to the bottoms of the bottles.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (b) (2), the labels of the articles
failed to bear accurate statements of the quantity of the contents; Section
502 (e)  (2), the articles were fabricated from two or more ingredients, and
.   their labels failed to bear the common or usual names of the active ingredients;
. and, Section 502 (f) (2), the labeling of the articles failed to bear adequate
warnings against use in those pathological conditions and by children where
their use may be dangerous to health, and against unsafe dosage and methods
and duration of administration and application.
The libel alleged also that certain products included in the shipment were
misbranded under the provisions of the law applicable to foods and cosmetics,
. as reported in notices of judgment on foods, No. 15648, and in notices of judg-
ment on cosmetics. (The notice of judgment on cosmetics will be issued at a
later date.)
DISPOSITION: May 26, 1949. The Triangle Sales Corp., Lynn, Mass., claimant,
.   having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was
entered and the court ordered that the products be released under bond, to
- be brought into compliance with the law, under the supervision of the Federal
Security Agency.   The unfit portion of the products was  segregated and
destroyed.