F. & D. No. 1665.	
Issued July 13, 1911.
I. S. No. 16728-b.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OP JUDGMENT NO. 931, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
MISBRANDING   OF   A   DRUG   PRODUCT?" CHANDLER'S   HEADACHE
BUTTONS."
On or about April 30, 1910, the Chandler Medicine Company, a?
corporation, St. Louis, Mo., shipped from the State of Missouri into?
the State of Kentucky a quantity of a drug product labeled: (On?
box) " Chandler's Headache Buttons C. H. B. Contains 3^ grains?
Acetanilid. For Sick and Nervous Headache, Neuralgia, Dizziness,?
Severe Pains, and will reduce Fever better than Fever drops.?
Chandler's Headache Buttons An Excellent Nerve Stimulant. Con??
tains no Opium, Cocaine or Morphine. These Buttons are easily?
pulverized if a powder is preferred. Never sold in bulk. Direc??
tions?Take one Button; if convenient sit or lie down and be quiet?
a few moments. If not entirely relieved in 30 minutes, take another?
Button. 30 Doses?25 Cents. Serial No. 1765. Guaranteed under?
Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906. Chandler Medicine Co., St.?
Louis, Mo. Distributors." (On circular packed with box) " Cures?
in fifteen minutes sick and nervous headache, neuralgia, dizziness,?
pains of la grippe and rheumatism." Two samples from this ship??
ment were procured and analyzed by the Bureau of Chemistry,?
United States Department of Agriculture, with the following re??
sults: Acetanilid 56.82 per cent, caffein 4.40 per cent; Acetanilid?
57.32 per cent, caffein 4.39 per cent; sodium carbonate present and?
starch present. As the analysis and report thereon showed that the?
product was misbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agriculture afforded the said?
Chandler Medicine Company, Incorporate, and the party from whom?
the samples were procured opportunities for hearings. As it ap??
peared 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.
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On January 31, 1911, a criminal information was filed in the?
District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of?
Missouri against the said Chandler Medicine Company, Incorporated,?
charging the above shipment and alleging that the product so shipped?
was misbranded in that the statement " Cures in fifteen minutes sick?
and nervous headache, neuralgia, dizziness, pains of la grippe and?
rheumatism," borne on the label thereof, was false and misleading?
because it represented to the purchaser that the product would cure?
in fifteen minutes sick and nervous headache, neuralgia, dizziness,?
pains of la grippe and rheumatism, whereas, in truth and in fact,?
none of the ingredients constituting said drug, nor the combination?
of all of them, possesses the curative power claimed for said drug,?
and said product will not cure in fifteen minutes sick and nervous?
headache, neuralgia, dizziness, pains of la grippe or rheumatism.
On March 21, 1911, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the?
above information, whereupon the court imposed a fine of $10 and?
costs.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture,
WASHINGTON, D. C, June Sy 1911.
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