F. & D. No. 2747.
I. S. No. 2110-c.	
Issued May 14, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1339.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF PINK ROOT.
At the March, term
 1911, of the United States District Court for?
the Western District of Kentucky the United States Attorney for?
said district, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed information in said court against Isaac Rosenbaum & Sons,?
alleging shipment by them, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
on or about April 25, 1910, from the State of Kentucky into the State?
of Minnesota of a drug product denominated " Pink Root " which?
was adulterated and misbranded. The only label borne by said?
product was a tag reading " 21264 Isaac Rosenbaum & Sons. Pink?
Root."
Analysis of a sample of said product made by the Bureau of?
Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture showed?
that the product did not consist of pink root, that is, the rhizome?
or roots of Spigelia marUandica Linne, but that it was the rhizome?
and roots of an entirely different plant. Adulteration was alleged?
for the reason that the product was sold under a name recognized?
in the United States Pharmacopoeia, but differed from the stand??
ard of strength, quality, and purity laid down therein, and the?
label contained no statement as to the standard of quality or purity?
of said product. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the?
product was labeled " Pink Root," which represented it to conform?
to the standard prescribed by the United States Pharmacopoeia when?
in fact it was not pink root but an unidentified substitute for said?
product, and therefore said representation was false and misleading?
and calculated to mislead and deceive the purchaser.
On September 19, 1911, the defendants pleaded guilty, and the?
court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C., January #7,191?.
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