F. & D. No. 1859.
I. S. No. 17449-b.	
Issued March 27, 1911.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 795, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
MISBRANDING OF  A DRUG PRODUCT?"ANADOL."
On or about May 17, 1910, C. G. Wheeler, doing business under?
the name of the Wheeler Chemical Works, Chicago, 111., shipped?
from the State of Illinois into the State of Michigan a consignment?
of a drug product labeled: "Anadol. Antipyretic and Anodyne.?
Useful in Neuralgia, Typhoid Fever, La Grippe, Sciatica, Acute?
Eheumatism, Hernicrania, also Headache and allied affections. It?
reduces temperature and relieves pain without subsequent ill effects.?
Dose?Three or ten grains, or one or two tablets. Can be safely?
used in from twenty to sixty grains during 24 hours. Wheeler?
Chemical Works, Chicago, 111., Guaranteed * * * Serial No. 10249."?
Samples from this shipment were procured and analyzed by the?
Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture,?
with the following results: 0.2531 substance gave, caffein 1.33 per?
cent, acetanilid 82.72 per cent, equivalent to 361.9 grains per ounce;?
0.3009 substance gave, caffein 1.29 per cent, acetanilid 82.75 per cent,?
equivalent to 362 grains per ounce. As the above analysis and?
report thereon showed that the product was misbranded within the?
meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the Secretarj^?
of Agriculture afforded the said C. G. Wheeler, doing business as?
the Wheeler Chemical Works, and the party from whom the sam??
ples were procured opportunities for hearings. As it appeared after?
hearings held that the 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 District Court?
of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois against the
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said C. G. Wheeler, charging the above shipment and alleging that?
the product so shipped was misbranded in that the bottles bore labels?
as stated above which said labels did not bear any statement as?
to the quantity of acetanilid contained in the bottles.
On December 21, 1910, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to?
the above information and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February ?8, 1911.
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