870. Adulteration of absorbent cotton.    U. S. v. 80 Cartons of Absorbent Cotton.
Consent decree of condemnation. Product ordered released under bond
for reprocessing: and resterilizing-.    (F. D. C. No. 8156.   Sample No. 24108-F.)
On August 18,1942, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia filed
a libel against 80 cartons, each containing 50 1-pound packages, of absorbent cot-
ton at Washington, D. C, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate
commerce on or about July 20,1942, by the Seamless Rubber Co., Valley Park, Mo.;
and charging that it was adulterated. The article was labeled in part: "Absorbent
Cotton U. S. P. Standard."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it purported to be and was
represented as a drug, absorbent cotton, the name of which is recognized in the
United States Pharmacopoeia, and its quality and purity fell below the standard
set forth in that compendium since it had not been freed from adhering impurities,
but was contaminated with cotton plant tissues, leaf fragments, and seed coat
fragments; whereas the United States Pharmacopoeia states that absorbent cot-
ton shall be freed from adhering impurities.
On July 6,1943, the Seamless Rubber Co., claimant, having admitted the allega-
tions of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that
the product be released under bond, conditioned that it be reprocessed under the
supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.