EVALUATION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIAN LACTIC ACID SAMPLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01044R000100020004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

COUNTRY
PLACE
ACQUIRED
Sulf ate
Heavy metals
Sugars
USP XIV Test Sample No. 1 Sample No,
Residue on ignition 3.1 mg/cc? 1..5 mg/cc.
(USP limit=1.2 mg/cc,)
Readily carbonizable
substances passes passes
Chloride does not pass passes
Citric, oxalic, phosphoric
or tartaric acid passes passes
Saaple No. 2 was a bottle of lactic acid 50%.
Both samples were compared with U. S. Pharmacopoeia Standards (USP xiV)
with the following results
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INFORMATION REPORT
Evaluation of Czechoslovakian Lactic Acid
Samples
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DATE DISTR. V' February. 51
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a. Sample No. 1 was a bottle of lactic acid 80%.
passes does not pass
passes passes
passes passes
77.1% (96.E of
declared)
Assay
49.2% (98.4% of
declared)
The packaging of these samples was inferior to U. S. A. practice in that
the bottles were closed with cork stoppers and sealing wax instead of
with gcrew caps provided with paraffined liners..
This inferior closure is believed to be responsible for the
relatively dark color of the samples, The color is attributed
to cork extractives.
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Conclusions drawn from these tests and examinations are as follows:
a. Sample No, 1 fails to meet U. S. P. standards in the
following respects:
(1) The residue on ignition is above U.S,P6 limits..
(2) The chloride content is outside U,S.Y, limits.
(3) The lactic acid content is actually 77.l% as opposed to
a claimed content of 80%,.
b, Sample No. 2 fails to meet U.S.P. standards in the following
respects:
(1) The residue on ignition is above U.S.P. limits.
(2) The sulfate content is outside U.S.P. limits.
(3) The lactic acid content is actually 49,2% as opposed to
a claimed content of 50%.
co Each sample contains an appreciable amount of white-insoluble
matter; Sample No, 1 contains considerably more than Sample No. 2.
The bottle closures are inferior to those employed for similar
products in USA practice,
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