26731. Adulteration of Compressed Tablets Phenobarbital, Special Compressed 
Tablets 1904, and Special Chocolate Coated Tablets 1903. V. S. v. 
Charles H. Dletz (Charles H. Dletz & Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, 
9225 and costs. (F. & D. no. 36937. Sample nos. 28283-B, 56351-B, 
56354-B.)
The Compressed Tablets Phenobarbital contained less phenobarbital than the 
amount represented on the label; and the Special Compressed Tablets 1904 
and the Special Chocolate Coated Tablets 1903 contained less acetanilide and 
potassium bromide than the amounts represented on the labels.
On October 5, 1936, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court an information against Charles H. Dietz, trading as Charles H. Dietz 
& Co., St. Louis, Mo., charging that said defendant on or about February 14, 
1935, sold and delivered to a certain dealer a quantity of Compressed Tablets 
Phenobarbital, with and under a written guaranty that said article was not 
adulterated under the Food and Drugs Act; and alleging that said article when 
so sold and delivered to such dealer was adulterated under the Food and Drugs 
Act, and that said article so adulterated was shipped by such dealer and pur- 
chaser on or about February 14, 1935, from the State of Missouri into the State 
of Illinois in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The information charged 
further that said defendant, Charles H. Dietz, shipped on or about November 
11, 1935, from the State of Missouri into the State of Indiana a quantity of 
Special Compressed Tablets 1904 that were adulterated; and that said defend- 
ant shipped on or about December 10, 1935, from the State of Missouri into 
the State of Indiana a quantity of Special Chocolate Coated Tablets 3J 1903 that 
were adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The Compressed Tablets Phenobarbital were alleged to be adulterated in that 
their strength and purity fell below the professed standard and quality under 
which they were sold, in that each of said tablets was represented on the 
bottle labels to contain one-half grain of phenobarbital; whereas in fact each of 
said tablets contained less than one-half grain of phenobarbital.
The Special Compressed Tablets 1904 were alleged to be adulterated in that 
their strength and purity fell below the professed standard and quality under 
which they were sold, in that each of said tablets was represented on the drum 
containing them to contain in grains of acetanilide and one-fourth grain of 
potassium bromide; whereas in fact each of said tablets contained less than 
1% grains of acetanilide and less than one-fourth grain of potassium bromide.
The Special Chocolate Coated Tablets 1903 were alleged to be adulterated in 
that their strength and purity fell below the professed standard and quality 
under which they were sold, in that each of said tablets was represented on 
the drum containing them to contain iy2 grains of acetanilide and one-fourth 
grain of potassium bromide; whereas in fact each of said tablets contained 
less than it grains of acetanilide and less than one-fourth grain of potassium 
bromide.
On November 14, 1936, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court 
imposed a fine of $225 and costs.
W. R. GREBG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.