152. Misbranding: of Bad-Ex Salts.   TJ. S. v. Dr. Frederick M. Lawrence (American
Laboratories).    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $50.     (F. D. C. No. 97.    Sample Nos.
34931-D, 38817-D, 58508-D, 59646-D.)
This product contained tartar emetic. Its labeling bore directions and rec-
ommendations that a teaspoonful be taken in a glassful of water when needed,
that a teaspoonful be taken in a glassful of cold water on arising in the morn-
ing, that children should take one-fourth to 1 teaspoonful according to age,
that the salts should be added to the water, stirred, and drunk as effervescence
subsided, and that it should never be taken less than a half hour before meals
unless otherwise directed. It would be dangerous to health when used in the
dosage and with the frequency or duration . so prescribed, recommended, or
suggested in the labeling.
On November 21, 1939, the United States attorney for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania filed an information against Dr. Frederick M. Lawrence, trading
as the American Laboratories, at Carlisle, Pa., alleging shipment by said de-
fendant within the period from on or about November 5 to on or about Decem-
ber 10, 1938, from the State of Pennsylvania into the States of Maryland,
Missouri, Ohio, and New York, of quantities of Bad-Ex Salts which was mis-
branded for the reasons stated above.
The article was also charged to be adulterated and misbranded in violation
of the Food and Drugs Act of 1906, reported in notices of judgment published
under that act.
On December 4, 1939, a plea of guilty was entered by the defendant and the
court imposed a fine of $50.