Issued August 5,1915.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY.?
C. I,. ALSBERG, CHIEI? otf BUREAU.
SERVICE   AND   REGULATORY   ANNOUNCEMENTS.5
SUPPLEMENT.
N. 3. 3801-3850.
NOTICES OF JUDGMENT UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
[Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.]
3801. Misbranding- of " Weber's Genuine Alpine Herb Tea." U. S. * * *?
-v. 50 Gross * * * of " Weber's Genuine Alpine Herb Tea." Con??
sent   decree    of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.     Product    ordered
released on bond.     (F. & D. No. 6172.    I. S.'No. 456-k.     S. No. B-178.)
On December, 11, 1914, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 8 shipping containers, each containing 730, more or less, retaS.?
packages of "Weber's Genuine Alpine Herb Tea," remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the product had beea?
shipped on October 24, 1914, by the Weber'.s Medical Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y??
and transported from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania,?
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Bach of the retail packages was branded: " Serial No. 846. Guaranteed by?
Weber's Medical Tea Co., under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906.?
Weber's Genuine Alpine Herb Tea. The best and cheapest remedy for purify??
ing the blood and preserving the health. (Design, house.) None genuine with??
out  our  trade mark Dr.   E.   Weber's Portrait.    46   Sumner Ave.,  Brooklyn,
1 The Service and Regulatory Announcements of the Bureau of Chemistry are publishes?
in conformity with a uniform plan for the issuance of information, instructions, anS?
notices of a regulatory nature by the various branches of the department. During 1915?
they will be issued as often as necessary rather than each month, as in 1914, and will be?
numbered consecutively, beginning with S. R. A., Chem. 13.
Notices of judgment are issued as supplements to the Service and Regulatory Announce??
ments of the Bureau of Chemistry- Beginning with January, 1915, they will be numberefl?
and paged independently of the Service and Regulatory Announcements, the first number?
being designated as S. R. A., Chem. Suppl. 1.
Free distribution is limited to-firms, establishments, journals, and individuals especially?
concerned. Others desiring copies may buy them from the Superintendent of Documents,,?
Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.
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[Supplement 7.
(Portrait of man.) Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. Weber's Medical Tea Co., 46 and 48?
Sumner Ave., Cor. Floyd St.,- Brooklyn, N. Y. To guard against- fraud observe?
house and portrait of Dr. E. Weber and our address on each package."
It wag alleged in the libel that the product was misbranded in that said label?
on the retail packages contained the following statements regarding the thera??
peutic effect of said drug product, which were false, fraudulent, and misleading.?
to wit. " The best * * * remedy for purifying the blood and preserving?
the health." " Whoever wishes to preserve his health should use this tea often?
or about one cupful every night, as it purifies the blood, cleanses the system, and?
keeps the functions of the body in good condition. * * * It also prevents?
worms and other children's complaints. For women in cases of irregular and?
imperfect menstruation and for pregnant or confined women it is the best medi??
cine ever discovered. * * * by continued use it is a preventative for all com??
plaints," which said statements were false, fraudulent, and misleading in that?
said drug product contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable?
of producing the therapeutic effects claimed for it therein.
On February 15, 1915, the said Weber's Medical Tea Co., claimant, having ad??
mitted the averments of the libel and consented to a decree, judgment of con??
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the?
product should be delivered to said claimant company upon payment of all the?
costs of the proceeding and the execution of a good and sufficient bond in the?
sum of $800, in conformity with section 10 of the act; and, further, that the?
relabeling of the property should be done under the supervision of the chief of?
the Philadelphia laboratory of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of?
Agriculture.
CAEL VBOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 8, 1915.
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