21197. Adulteration  and  Misbranding of  aspirin  tablets.     U.  S.  v.  28,000
Packages of Aspirin Tablets. Consent decree of condemnation 
and forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. no. 30352. 
Sample nos. 35475-A, 35477-A.)
This case involved alleged 5-grain aspirin tablets which were found to con- 
tain 4% grains of aspirin per tablet.
On April 27, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 28,000 packages of 
aspirin tablets at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce, on March 28, 1933, by the Hampton Manufacturing Co., 
from New York, N.Y., 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 its strength 
fell below the professed standard and quality under which it was sold, namely, 
" Tablets Aspirin Five Grains."
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements on the label, 
(box) " Tablets Aspirin Five Grains" and (wholesale container) "Aspirin 
Tablets   *   *    *   Aspirin Five Grains", were false and misleading.
On June 8, 1933, the Mills Sales Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered 
by the court that the product be released to the claimant upon payment of 
costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned that the 
tablets be ground and recompressed into tablets containing 5 grains of aspirin.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,