19879. Adulteration and Misbranding of tincture of aconite. IT. S. v. 
Three 4-ounce Bottles of Tincture Aconite Root. Default decree 
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 27800. I. S. No. 
39503.    S. No. 5898.)
The product involved in this action was represented to be of pharmacopoeial 
standard, and was found upon analysis to possess a potency of less than one- 
fourth of that required by the United States Pharmacopoeia for tincture of 
aconite.
On February 29, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of 
Columbia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a District Court, a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of three 4-ounce bottles of tincture of aconite, 
remaining in the original unbroken packages at Washington, D. C, alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Standard Pharmaceutical Corporation, 
from Baltimore, Md., on or about February 9, 1932, and had been transported 
from the State of Maryland into the District of Columbia, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was sold 
under a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, "Tincture 
Aconite Root (Tinctura Aconiti) U. S. P.," and differed from the standard of 
strength as determined by the test laid down in the said pharmacopoeia, since 
its potency was less than one-fourth of that required.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, 
" Tincture Aconite Root (Tinctura Acpniti) U. S. P.," was false and misleading, 
since the said statement represented that the article was of pharmacopoeial 
standard, whereas it was not.
On September 19, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HENRY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.