27716. Adulteration   and misbranding of   citrate   of   magnesia.     IT.   S.   v.   Lane
Drug Stores, Inc. Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $50. (F. &"D. No. 
38659.     Sample No. 13380-C.)
This product differed from the standard laid down in the United States 
Pharmacopoeia since it contained materially less magnesium citrate than 
prescribed therein.
On June 19, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court an information against the Lane Drug Stores, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., 
alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs Act on or 
about September 2, 1936, from the State of Georgia into the State of Florida of 
a quantity of citrate of magnesia that was adulterated and misbranded. The 
article was labeled in part: "Lane Drug Stores, Incorporated, Laboratories, 
Atlanta, Ga."
It was alleged to be 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 therein, since 100 cubic 
centimeters of the article contained magnesium citrate corresponding to less 
than 1.6 grams, namely, not more than 0.54 gram of magnesium oxide, and 10 
cubic centimeters of the article after precipitation and conversion of the citric 
acid into an ash, required less than 26 cubic centimeters, namely, not more than 
14.9 cubic centimeters of half-normal hydrochloric acid to neutralize the alka- 
linity of the ash; and its own standard of strength, quality, and purity was not 
declared on the container.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Citrate of 
Magnesia U. S. P.," borne on the bottle cap, was false and misleading since it 
represented that the article was citrate of magnesia which conformed to the 
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standard laid down in ,the pharmacopoeia; whereas it was not citrate of mag- 
nesia which conformed to the standard laid down in the pharmacopoeia.
On July 14, 1937, a plea of nolo contendere was entered and the court im- 
posed a fine of $50. .
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.