6102. Obes-Ebb tablets and thyroid tablets.    (F.D.C. No. 43330.    S. Nos. 52-
887 P, 52-891 P, 53-565/6 P.)
QUANTITY :   491   1,000-tablet btls. of Obes-Ebb tablets and 8   1,000-tablet btls.
of thyroid tablets at Los Angeles, Calif.
SHIPPED: 3-17-59 and 3-31-59, from Hoboken, N.J., by General Pharmacal
Co., Inc.
LABEL IN PART: "Green No. 1 Obes-Ebb * * * Amphetamine Sulfate 10 Mgm.
Thyroid 1 Gr., Aloin ? Gr. Atropine Sulfate 1/360 Gr. * * * General Phar-
macal Co. Hoboken, New Jersey * * *2619"; "Yellow No. 2 Obes-Ebb * * *
Thyroid 1 Gr., * * ? 2635"; "Brown No. 3 Obes-Ebb, Each Tablet Contains:
Phenobarbital ? Grain * * * Thyroid 1 Grain * * * 2636"; "FHJ Tablets
Thyroid * * * Contains 2 Grain Thyroid Powder USP * * * F. H. J. Labo-
ratories, Inc., New York, N.Y.    Control 2637."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION: Examination showed that the articles (all lots)
contained less than the labeled amounts of thyroid.
LIBELED :   8-4-59, S. Dist. Calif.
CHARGE: 501(b)-when shipped, the strength of the thyroid tablets differed
from, and their quality fell below, the standard for thyroid tablets set forth
in the United States Pharmacopeia; 501(c)-the strength of the Obes-Ebb
tablets differed from that which they purported and were represented to
possess; and 502(a)-the label statements (Obes-Ebb tablets) "Each Tablet
Contains Thyroid 1 Gr." and (thyroid tablets) "Contains 2 Grain Thyroid
Powder USP" were false and misleading.
DISPOSITION :   8-26-59.   Default-destruction.