2532. Adulteration and misbranding of adhesive bandages.   U. S. v. 480 Packages
* *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 25260.   Sample No. 28566-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 13,1948, District of Colorado.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 25, 1948, by the American White Cross
Labs., Inc., from New York, N. Y.
PRODUCT :   480 packages each containing 36 adhesive bandages at Denver, Colo.
LABEL, IN PART :    "White Cross Sterile Waterproof Adhesive Bandage."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (b), the article purported to be
"Adhesive Absorbent Gauze [or "Adhesive Absorbent Compress"]," a drug the
name of which is recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, an official
compendium, and its quality and purity fell below the official standard since
the standard provides that adhesive absorbent gauze must be sterile and meet
the requirements of the sterility tests for solids prescribed therein, whereas
the article was not sterile but was contaminated with living micro-organisms.
Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label statement "Sterile" was false and
misleading.
DISPOSITION: September 28, 1948. Consent decree of condemnation and
destruction.