3271. Misbranding of Missouri Brand Iron Quota tablets, Missouri Brand Golden
Seal Plus Fennel tablets, and Missouri Brand Live Spot vitamin E
capsules. U. S. v. 794 Bottles, etc. (F. D. C. No. 28248. Sample Nos.
27509-K, 27510-K, 27520-K, 61595-K to 61597-K, incl.)
LIBEL FILED :   October 31,1949, Eastern District of Missouri.
March 25, 1948, from Detroit, Mich.
PRODUCT: 794 35-tablet bottles of Missouri Brand Iron Quota tablets, 372
65-tablet bottles of Missouri Brand Golden Seal Plus Fennel tablets, and 194
100-capsule bottles of Missouri Brand Live Spot vitamin E capsules at St.
Louis, Mo.
RESTJLTS OP INVESTIGATION : The products were offered by Lelord Kordel at a
series of lectures given by him at St. Louis, Mo., between September 26 and
October 5,1949, and by leaflets distributed at the same time and place, for the
following purposes:
Missouri Brand Iron Quota tablets. To keep blood in a normal condition,
vital and alive; to help build up the red coloring matter of blood; to enable
the blood to extract the full amount of iron from one's food; to effect an amaz-
ing change in the consumer within three months' time by helping to build up
the iron substance in his blood, enabling him to draw a lot more iron from his
food, and building his blood to such a condition that on a right diet, it will take
care of itself; to make the blood rich and strong; to remedy blood-iron defi-
ciency ; to recharge, rebuild, and revitalize the blood in 90 days; to be of value
to exhausted glands; and to correct conditions resulting from bad nutrition,
poor quality of blood, and insufficient minerals;
Missouri Brand Golden Seal Plus Fennel tablets. To keep the body clean
of mucus; to soothe; to help keep the cells of the body clean; to remedy diges-
tive disorders and debilitated conditions of the mucous membrane; to treat
various gastric complaints; to be of advantage to most dyspeptics; to treat
catarrhal, a condition, which is stagnant mucus that wants to force its way out;
to be of value in a catarrhal condition of the urinary tract; to act as a pow-
erful cleanser of stale, thick mucous deposits in the body; to help the function-
ing of liver and kidneys; to be of use to people troubled with getting up nights
and whose passage of urine is very scanty; to relieve congestion; to influence
the contamination of the impurities of the body that clog it; to accomplish al-
most wonders in that respect within two months; to be of great value to women
undergoing the change of life; to help increase the tone of the uterus, which is
important during the menopause; to curb indigestion of dyspeptics; to cleanse
the body of impurities; to get the digestive machinery going; to effect a detect-
able change within two weeks; to effect the passing out of mucus through the
nose, the coughing up of old, stale mucus, and its elimination through the
urine and the bowels; to cause one to feel much better and to obtain more
energy and nourishment from food by absorbing more out of it; to eliminate gas
and to get all of the mucus out of the body; to keep the digestive machinery
always in perfect functioning order and to bestow wonderful benefits as far as
the entire digestive machine is concerned; to get rid of all that thick, stag-
nant mucus that may have accumulated; to stop snoring; to work as a cleanser
of putrefactive materials; to tone up the glands of the body; to keep the lymph
system in good condition, so that the lymph will filter and hold invading organ-
isms until they can be destroyed by the leucocytes; to stimulate the liver and
pancreas; to keep the pores clean and free of foreign deposits, such as slime
and mucus; to give the glands the benefit of the radioactive substances which
are in the goldenseal herb; to have a beneficial effect on all of the glands of
the body; and to furnish the glands with vital elements, which the goldenseal
herb contains, and which we call radioactive elements, that help to stimulate
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in catarrhal conditions, particularly of the genito-urinary tract;
Missouri Brand Live Spot vitamin E capsules. To help prevent miscar-
riage ; to correct a very rapid and fluttering heart; to stop cramps in the legs;
to prevent muscles drying up; to help correct loss of elasticity of the muscles;
and to cure stiffness of the arm; for heart disease and for helping the heart;
to exert an extremely important effect on the entire reproductive system of
the human; to prevent male sterility; to prevent and correct female sterility;
for women going through the menopause; to exert on the glandular system of
the body; to act as a substitute for digitalis; to supply a need of the body,
heart, brain, reproductive organs, and personality glands; and for low blood
pressure.
LABEL, IN PABT: (Bottle) "Missouri Brand Iron Quota * * * Contains
Ferric Citrate as a source of iron," "Missouri Brand Golden Seal Plus Fennel
Tablets," and "Missouri Brand   Live Spot Vitamin E."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (f) (1), the labeling of the
articles failed to bear adequate directions for use for the purposes for which
they were intended. The articles were misbranded while held for sale after
shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : January 23,1950. Joseph Stoller, St. Louis, Mo., claimant, having
consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and
the court ordered that the products be released under bond to be brought
into compliance with the law, under the supervision of the Federal Security
Agency. Repacking and relabeling operations were completed on or about
June 15, 1950.
DRUGS ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF CONTAMINATION WITH FILTH