26143. Adulteration  and misbranding of Procaine-Epinephrin Dentules.     U.  S,
v.   10   Cartons  of   "Procaine-Epinephrin  Dentules.     Default  decree  of 
condemnation and destruction.     (FT & D. no. 36706.     Sample no. 32429-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of Procaine-Epinephrin Dentules 
which contained procaine in a proportion less than that represented on the 
label.
On December 4, 1935, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 10 cartons of 
Procaine-Epinephrin Dentules at Memphis, Tenn., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 30, 1935, by the 
Atlantic Manufacturing Corporation, from Brooklyn, N. Y., and that it was 
adulterated and misbranded in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that its strength fell below the 
professed standard under which it was sold, namely, "Procaine 2%." The 
article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement appearing on the 
carton, "Contains Procaine 2%", and the statement contained in an accom- 
panying circular, "Dentules contain approximately 2.55 cc of anesthetic solu- 
tion", were false and misleading.
On June 3, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered, and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.