8063. Adulteration and niislwaijfiing at aspirin. U. S. * * * v. 9 Paelc-?
ages, Each Containing- 1,000 5-Gi-ain So-Called Acetylsalicylic Acid.?
Tablets. Default deeree of coiulemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.     (F. & D. No. 0615.    I. S. No. 13337-r.    S. No. E-1206.).
On January 17, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of a certain quantity of a certain article, labeled in part " Acetyl??
salicylic Acid Tablets 'Aspirin,'" remaining iinsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Blairsville, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or?
about December 7, 1918, by the Verandah Chemical Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., and?
transported from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and?
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that the tablets contained no acetylsalicylic acid, but consisted?
essentially of salicylic acid, starch, sugar, and talc.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel in that its strength and?
purity fell below the professed standard or quality under which it was sold.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in that the statement on the label on?
the package containing the article, regarding the article, to wit, " Acetylsalicylic?
Acid Tablets," was false and misleading in that the tablets contained no acetyl??
salicylic acid, but consisted essentially of salicylic acid, tale, sugar, and starch.?
Further misbranding was alleged in that it was an imitation of, and was offered?
for sale under the name of another article, to wit, acetylsalicylic acid.
On June 25, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that?
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.