5655. Misbranding: of " Stuart's Calcium Wafer CamponnJ." IT. S. * * * 
-r. 288 Facltag-es of Stuart's Calcium Wafer Campoand. Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
7518.    I. S. No. 10978-1.    S. No. C-543.)
On June 9, 1916, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Lou- 
isiana, 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 con- 
demnation of 288 packages of " Stuart's Calcium Wafer Compound," re- 
maining unsold in the original unbroken packages at New Orleans, La., alleging 
that the article had been shipped on May 5, 1916, by the F. A. Stuart Co., Mar- 
shall, Mich., and transported from the State of Michigan into the State of 
Louisiana, charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act aa 
amended.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for 
the reason that certain statements, appearing on the labels of its containers 
and in the circulars accompanying it, were false and misleading in that the;* 
were calculated and tended to convey the belief that the article was entirelj 
harmless and free from danger, although it contained strychnine, which is a 
poisonous substance.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the further reason that the fol- 
lowing statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the article 
appearing on the label of the cartons containing the article, to wit: " Fop 
eruptions, scrofula * * * constipation, humor, liver troubles * * * and 
disorders and symptoms arising from impure blood"; on the label of the 
wooden bottles contained in said cartons, to wit: " For constipation, blood dis- 
orders, skin affections, any derangement of blood, bowels, kidneys or liver," 
and included in the circular accompanying the article, to wit: " Blood troubles 
and skin diseases succumb to the beneficial effects of Stuart's Calcium Wafer 
Compound * * * skin diseases are relieved when the blood is'charged with 
this great eradicator. The blood at once feels its influence and eruptions cease 
and fade away almost beyond belief, so beneficial is its action. No matter what 
degree of eruptive skin trouble you may have Stuart's Calcium Wafer Com- 
pound will purify and enrich the blood "; " For skin diseases, eruptions, boils 
and pimples, the wafers act beneficially and satisfactorily in many cases, caus- 
ing the absorption of humors, boils, carbuncles in a few days time"; " The 
calcium wafer compound will infuse renewed energy and strength into the 
exhausted nerves, the overworked brain or muscular system * * * con- 
taining in concentrated form all the elements to repair nerve tissue and depleted 
blood," were false and fraudulent for the reason that the article contained no 
ingredients or combination of ingredients capable of producing the curative 
and therapeutic effects claimed for it.
On August 8, 1916, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MABVIW, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
On August 10, 1917, the United States attorney tor the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Police Court 
for said District an information against Richard W. Claxton, Washington, 
D. C, alleging the offering for sale and the sale "by said defendant, at the 
District aforesaid, on January 4, 1916, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
of a quantity of scallops which were adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed the following results:
Solids in meat (per cent) 
16. 9
Ash in meat (per cent) 
,      .$9
ChloridS as sodium chlorid (per cent), 
,_?_,-,..?,-_     .11
Protein (per cent) , 
__,_ 11.9
The scallops were quite white in appearance and contained 18.4 
per cent of liquor by draining 2 minutes. After grinding the 
sample was rather mushy. Water has been mixed and packed 
with the scallops .
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the Information for the reason that 
a certain .substance, to wit, water, had heen mixed and packed therewith so as 
to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been 
substituted in part for scallops, which the article purported to be.
On August 10, 1917, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere to the 
Information, and the court Imposed a fine of $10.
C. F. MAEYIN, Aetmg Secretary of Agriculture.