3659. Adulteration and misbranding of Antihep tablets.    U. S. v. 23 Bottles
'  *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 31946.   Sample No. 3574-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    On or about October 26,1951, District of Maryland.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about August 13, 1951, by the Hopkins & Hopkins
Pharmaceutical Co., from Philadelphia, Pa.
PRODUCT : 23 1,000-tablet bottles of Antihep tablets at Chestertown, Md. Anal-
ysis showed that the product contained not more than 1.23 grains of
2-amino-5-nitrothiazole per tablet.
LABEL, IN PART: (Bottle) ".1000 Soluble Antihep Tablets Each Tablet Con-
tains : 2 Grains 2-Amino-5-Nitrothiazole For Prevention and Control of
Blackhead (enterohepatitis) in Turkeys."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (c), the strength of the article
differed from that which it purported or was represented to possess, namely,
"2 Grains 2-Amino-5-Nitrothiazole."
Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label statement "Each Tablet Contains:
2 Grains 2-Amino-o-Nitrothiazole" was false and misleading since the article
contained less than 2 grains of 2-amino-5-nitrothiazole per tablet.
DISPOSITION : January 21, 1952. Hopkins & Hopkins Pharmaceutical Co.,
claimant, having admitted the allegations contained in the libel, judgment of
condemnation was entered and the court ordered that the product be released
under bond for relabeling in conformity with the law, under the supervision
of the Federal Security Agency, conditioned that the product be delivered to
a research institute for investigational use in the treatment of blackhead
disease of turkeys.