4155. Misbranding of bonemeal and bonemeal tablets.   U. S. v. Stanley W. Dan-
vers (Nu-Age Products, Nu-Age Products Co., and Nu-Age Biorganic
Products).  Plea of guilty.  Fine of $750, plus costs.    (F. D. C. No. 33735.
Sample Nos. 29171-L, 30511-L, 34945-L.)
INFORMATION FILED:   December 23, 1952, "Western District of Pennsylvania,
against Stanley W. Danvers, trading as Nu-Age Biorganic Products, Nu-Age
Products, and Nu-Age Products Co., at Loupurex, Pa.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about July 26, November 30, and December 1, 1951,.
from the State of Pennsylvania into the States of Oregon, Washington, and
Wisconsin.
LABEL, IN PABT: "Bone Meal with Vitamins A-C-D Each Tablet Contains:
Bone Phosphate (A Purified Bone Meal)-7? Grains Vitamin A 2,000 U. S. P..
Units Vitamin'C (Ascorbic Acid) 15.0 Milligrams Vitamin D (Irradiated
Ergosterol) 150 U. S. P. Units Distributed By Nu-Age Products Company
1926 W. Railroad Street   Loupurex, Pa.    Six Tablets Daily Contain The-
?See also Nos. 4146, 4147, 4149-4154.
following Percent of The Minimum Daily Adult Requirement: Calcium 133-
Phosphorous 60? Vitamin A 300? Vitamin C 300? Vitamin D 225?," and
"Purified Bone Meal * * * Distributed by Nu-Age Products Co. 1926 W.
Railroad Street Loupurex, Pa. Calcium 33? Phosphorous 15,? Ratio
Ca/P 2.17 3 grams (approximately one level teaspoonful) daily furnish:
Calcium (Ca), 1 gram, approximately 1? times the minimum daily require-
ments of a child or an adult and ? that of a pregnant or lactating woman;
Phosphorus (P), 450 milligrams, approximately ? of the minimum daily
requirements of a child or an adult and ?o that of a pregnant or lactating
woman."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements in a pam-
phlet entitled "Bone Phosphate A Supplementary Source of Calcium and
Phosphorous," accompanying the articles, were false and misleading. The
statements represented and suggested that deficiencies of calcium and phos-
phorous are prevalent and are primary causes of tooth decay, irritability of
the nervous system, tense feeling, jagged nerves, restlessness, sleeplessness,
nervousness, tired feeling after shopping, etc., poor teeth, hemorrhages, non-
healing wounds, stunted growth, low blood pressure, angina pectoris, facial
neuralgia, "migrane" headache, easy dislocation of the hip, swelling of tho
ankles, boils, psoriasis, faintness, weakness of the lower limbs, night sweats,
hoarseness, dropsy, epilepsy, blue lips, blue skin, heart conditions, uterine pains,
premature graying of the hair, and contracting of the esophagus; that defi-
ciencies of fluorine and calcium are responsible for prolapsus of the organs,
blood tumors, varicose veins, and weakening of ligaments and elastic tissues,
permitting ankles to turn; and that calcium, phosphorus, and fluorine, as
supplied by the articles, would prevent or remedy such conditions, make for
longevity, enable the blood stream to provide normal body functioning, correct
and prevent much ill health, protect against premature aging, protect the
health of pregnant and nursing mothers, stimulate the reproductive organs
of otherwise normal persons, eliminate danger of gangrene after operations,
render firmer the walls of the arteries, and furnish the proper constituents to
keep the human body in good nutrition. These statements were false and mis-
leading in that deficiencies of calcium and phosphorus are not prevalent and,
with or without fluorine, are not primary causes of, or responsible for, the
disease conditions stated; and calcium, phosphorus, and fluorine, as contained
in the articles, would not fulfill the promises of benefit stated and implied.
DISPOSITION : August 26, 1953. The defendant having entered a plea of guilty-
the court fined him $750, plus costs.