5614. Roasted dandelion root and malted and unmalted slippery elm food.
(F.D.C. No. 41415.    S. Nos. 35-513/5 M.)
QUANTITY: 31 cases, 240 %-lb. cans each, of roasted dandelion root; 12 cases,
72 1-lb. cans each, of malted slippery elm food; and 12 cases, 72 1-lb. cans
each, of unmalted slippery elm food, at Covington, Ky., in possession of Dande-
lions Unlimited.
SHIPPED :   Between July 1957 and December 1957, from England.
ACCOMPANYING LABELING: Leaflets entitled "Dandelions And You!" "The Story
of Thompson's Slippery Elm Food," and counter display cards entitled "Slip-
pery Elm Food."
LIBELED :   2-13-58, E. Dist. Ky.
CHARGE: 502(a)-the labeling accompanying the articles, while held for sale,
contained false and misleading representations that the roasted dandelion
root was an adequate and effective treatment for stimulating the liver and
kidneys to improve elimination, cleansing the blood stream to aid in eliminating
toxins and other impurities from the system, making eyes and complexion
clearer, removing pimples, and strengthening the heart, and that the slippery
elm food, malted and unmalted, was an adequate and effective treatment for
inducing sleep, managing ulcerative conditions and mucous colitis, healing
properties, restoring and maintaining health, and for the treatment of inflam-
mation, dysentery, diarrhea, and urinary troubles.
DISPOSITION : 3-8-58. Consent-claimed by Irene E. Barbasch, Covington, Ky.,
and relabeled.