27895. Misbranding of Pituipost ampuls. V, g. v. 66 and 170 "Ampuls of Pitui¬ post * * * Obstetrical." Default decree of condemnation and de- struction. (F. & D. Nos. 40014, 40221. Sample Nos. 9602-C, 47752-C.) This product was labeled to convey the impression that it was pituitary extract obstetrical. However, it had a potency much lower than the requirement of the National Formulary for such product On or about July 23 and September 7, 1937, the United States attorneys for the Southern District of California and the Western District of Texas, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts libels praying seizure and condemnation of 66 ampuls of Pituipost at Los Angeles, Calif., and 170 ampuls of the same product at El Paso, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce in part on or about June 12,1937, and in part on or about June 22,1937, by the Intra Products Co. from Denver, Colo., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the labels, "Pituipost * * * Obstetrical," was false and misleading since it conveyed the impression that the article consisted of ampuls of pituitary extract obstet- rical, an article defined and described in the National Formulary; whereas it was not as represented since one lot possessed a potency not exceeding one-third the average requirement of the National Formulary for ampuls of pituitary extract obstetrical, and the other lot possessed a potency not exceeding one-half of the average requirement of that authority. On September 1 and November 3, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judg- ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed. HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.