6424. Adulteration of elixir of iron, quinine, and strychnine. U. S. * * ??
v. Thomas Armstrong (Chevy Ohase Pharmacy). Plea of nolo con??
tendere.    Fine, $20.     (F. & D. No. 8599.    I. S. No. 4223~m.'>
On April 22, 1918, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the police court?
of the District aforesaid, an information against Thomas Armstrong, trading?
as the Chevy Chase Pharmacy, Washington, D. C, alleging that said defendant?
on June 18, 1917, at the District aforesaid, in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act, did offer for sale and sell a quantity of an article labeled in part, " Elixir?
of Iron, Quinine, and Strychnine. The Chevy Chase Pharmacy, Thomas Arm??
strong, Prop., 5610 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Washington, D. 0.," which was?
adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it contained total alkaloid equivalent to 4.77 grams?
quinine hydrochlorid per 1000 mils.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
it was sold under and by a name recognized in the National Formulary, to wit,?
elixir of iron, quinine, and strychnine, and differed from the standard of?
strength, quality, and purity as determined by the tests laid down in said?
National Formulary, official at the time of investigation of the article, in that?
it contained in 1,000 mils, total alkaloid equivalent to 4.77 grams of quinine?
hydrochlorid, whereas the said National Formulary provides that it shall?
contain in 1,000 mils 8.750 gramsrof quinine hydrochlorid, and the standard of?
strength, quality, and purity of the article was not declared on the container?
thereof.
On April 22, 1918, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere to the?
information,  and  the court  imposed  a   fine  of $20.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture^
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