5822. Misbranding of Bristol's sarsaparilla. U. S. * * * v. ftfory Au- gusta Kemp, Edward Kemp, and Edward Charles Mears Kemp (Lanman & Kemp). Pleas of guilty. Fine, $50. (F. & D. No. 8321. I. S. No. 8375-m.) On September 12, 1917, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district an information against Mary Augusta Kemp, Edward Kemp, and Edward Charles Mears Kemp, doing business as Lanman & Kemp, New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said de- fendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on November 16, 1916, from the State of New York into the Island of Porto Rico, of a quan- tity of an article labeled in part, "Bristol's Sarsaparilla," which was mis- branded. Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- partment showed that this product consisted essentially of a hydroalcoholic so- lution of potassium iodid, sugar, and plant extractives. Indications of sarsapa- rilla and arbutin. Alcohol (per cent by volume) 8.2 Solids (grains per 100 cc) 17.6 Ash (gram per 100 cc) 0.76 Iodid as potassium iodid (gram per 100 cc) 0.43 Reducing sugars as invert (grams per 100 cc) 15.0 Sucrose: None. It was alleged in substance in the information that the article was mis- branded for the reason that certain statements appearing on its label falsely and fraudulently represented it as a purifier of the blood and as a remedy for affections and diseases of the blood, rheumatic affections, skin diseases, neu- ralgic affections, nervous and general debility of the system, dizziness, and liver affections which lead to bilious and other fevers, when, in truth and in fact, it was not. Misbranding was alleged in substance for the further reason that certain statements included in the circular accompanying the article falsely and fraudulently represented it to be effective as a remedy for cleansing the blood, to expel and hurl from the system vitiated humors and pernicious germs which are manifested in malignant eruptions, persistent sores and herpes, scrofula, glandular swellings, and rheumatism, " as a treatment for paludism and paludic fevers, intermittent and remittent fevers, rheumatism, ulcers, and eruptions, as a remedy for affections rheumatic, scrofulous, syphilitic, and others which arise from disturbances or impurity of the blood, herpes, erup- tions, and sores, as a preventive or treatment for phthisis or consumption, as a treatment for erysipelas, rash, herpes, cutaneous eruptions (salt rheum), tinea, scorbutus, nervous affections, tic douloureux, neuralgic affections, and for syphilis in its various forms (primary, secondary, and tertiary), as well as in phagadenic and scrofulous ulcers, advanced syphilis, and skin diseases, as a preventive of chills and fevers and contagious diseases also, as well as for cutaneous affections and diseases which emanate from a vitiated state of blood, produced by impure air or water, and as a treatment for hemorrhage from the lungs, prolapse of the uterus, jaundice, and general prostration, diarrhea and King's Evil, when, in truth and in fact, it was not. On September 24, 1917, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the in- formation, and the court imposed a fine of $50. CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 45494°—-18—-4