22658. Adulteration of  tincture   of  digitalis.     TJ.  S.  v.   Glens  Falls  Pharmacal
Co., Inc.     Plea of guilty.     Fine, $25.     (F. & D. no. 31449.    Sample no. 
34620-A.)
This case was based on a shipment of tincture of digitalis which failed to 
conform to the requirements of the United States Pharmacopoeia.
On April 16, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Glens Falls Pharmacal Co., Inc., 
Glens Falls, N. Y., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about May 8, 1933, from the State of New York 
into the State of Vermont, of a quantity of tincture of digitalis which was 
adulterated. The article was labeled in part: "Glens Falls Pharmacal Co. 
(Incorporated)   Glens Falls, New York    *    *    *    Tincture Digitalis."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it was sold under a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, and 
differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by 
the test laid down in the said pharmacopoeia official at the time of investi- 
gation, in that 1 cubic centimeter corresponded to 0.054 milligram of ouabain; 
whereas the pharmacopoeia provides that 1 cubic centimeter of tincture digi- 
talis shall correspond to 0.083 milligram of ouabain; and the standard of 
strength, quality, and purity of the article was not declared on the container 
thereof.
On July 10, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.