0210. Adulteration ami Misbranding of nitroglycerin tablets. U. S. * * * 
v, P, T. Probst Co., a Corporation.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $300.     (F. &
D. No.  12370.    I.  S.  No.  18533-iv)
On August 26, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for" said district an information against 
the P. T. Probst Co., a corporation, Rochester, N. Y.,- alleging shipment by said 
company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about April 4, 1919, 
from the State of New York into the State of New Jersey, of a quantity of 
nitroglycerin tablets which were adulterated and misbranded. The article was 
labeled in part: " 5000 Tablet Triturate No. 600 Nitroglycerin ^ Gr. * *' * 
P. T. Probst Company, Chemist to Medical Profession Rochester, N. Y,"
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it contained approximately x^ grain of nitroglycerin 
per tablet.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
its strength and purity fell below the professed standard and quality under 
which it was sold in that it was sold as tablet triturate nitroglycerin lbs 
grain, to wit, a product which contained .job grain of nitroglycerin per tablet, 
whereas*, in truth and in fact, it was not, but was a product which contained 
less than r^ grain of nitroglycerin per tablet.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason' that the statement, to wit, " Tablet 
Triturate Nitroglycerin ^ Gr.," . borne on the labels attached to the bottles
containing the article, regarding the article and the ingredients and substances 
contained therein, was false and misleading in that it represented that said 
tablets each contained DO grain of nitroglycerin, whereas, in'truth and in 
fact, each of said tablets did not contain TOT grain of' nitroglycerin, but did 
contain a less amount.
On December 21, 1920, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine: of $300.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary-of Agriculture.