22657. Adulteration   and misbranding of   aspirin   tablets.     IT.   S.   v.   Hampton 
,   Manufacturing:  Co.,  Inc.    Plea  of  guilty.    Fine, $50.     (F.  &  D.  no.
31361.    Sample nos. 17351-A, 17352-A,  35475-A, 35477-A.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of alleged 5-grain aspirin tablets 
which contained less than 5 grains of aspirin per tablet
On July 23, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court an information against the Hampton Manufacturing Co., Inc., trading at 
Carlstadt, N. J., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, on or about March 27, 1933, from the State of New Jersey 
into the State of Illinois, and on or about April 1, 1933, from the State of 
New Jersey into the State of California, of quantities of aspirin tablets which 
were adulterated and misbranded. A portion of the article was labeled: 
"Aspirin Five Grains Purified Aspirin * * * National Laboratories New 
York." The remainder was labeled: "Aspirin 5 Grs. Each * * * National 
Pharmacal Co. New York."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that it 
fell below the professed standard and quality under which it was sold, in 
that each tablet was represented to contain 5 grains of aspirin, whereas each 
tablet contained less than 5 grains of aspirin, samples taken from the three 
lots having been found to contain not more than 4.1, 4.3, and 4.5 grains of 
aspirin, respectively.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " Tablets * * * 
Aspirin 5 grains", borne on the label, was false and misleading, since the 
tablets contained less than 5 grains of aspirin.
On August 24, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.