I. S. No. 20040-a.
F. & D. No. 779.	
Issued June 8, 1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 357, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
MISBRANDING OF WITCH-HAZEL.
On or about January 21, 1909, the Ranney Drug Company, a cor??
poration, of New York, N". Y., shipped from the State of New York?
to the State of New Jersey a consignment of a drug product labeled?
" Extract of Witch Hazel or Hamamelis, for the relief and cure of?
sprains, bruises, bites of insects, burns, scalds, wounds, painful?
swellings, lame back, piles, sore throat, neuralgia, rheumatism, chil??
blains, etc., etc. * .* * Ranney Drug Co., New York, 27 Pearl?
St., 9 Beaver St." Samples of this shipment were procured and?
analyzed by the Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of?
Agriculture, and as it appeared from the findings of the analyst and?
report made that the product was misbranded' within the meaning?
of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agri-?
aulture afforded the Ranney Drug Company, and the dealer from?
whom the samples were procured, opportunities for hearings. As it?
appeared after hearings held that the said shipment was made in?
violation of the act, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts?
to the Attorney General, with a statement of the evidence upon which?
to base a prosecution.
In due course a criminal information was filed in the Circuit Court?
of the United States for the Southern District of New York charging?
the above shipment and alleging, in the first count, that the product?
was misbranded, in that it contained a certain amount of alcohol and?
the quantity or proportion of said alcohol was not stated upon the?
label, and alleging, in the second count, that it was further mis??
branded, in that the label stated in substance that the product was?
for the relief and cure of sprains, bruises, bites of insects, burns,?
scalds, wounds, painful swellings, lame back, piles, sore throat, neu??
ralgia, rheumatism, chilblains, etc., etc., which statements were false?
and misleading, in that the product would not relieve and cure all the?
ailments specified on the said label.
On April 13, 1910, the case came on for trial on the first count, the?
second count being nolle prossed, and the defendant entered a plea of?
guilty to the said first count. The court thereupon imposed a fine?
of $10.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 17, 1910.
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
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