6136. Misbranding- of Aona Nova Vita. U. S. * * * v. The Aaua Nova?
Vita Co., a corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, $75. (F. & D. No.?
7481.    I. S. No. 1752-k.)
On July 28, 1916, 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 an information against?
The Aqua Nova Vita Co., a corporation, doing business at Easton, Pa., alleging?
shipment by said company, in violation of the Pood and Drugs Act, as amended,?
on or about December 7, 1914, from the-State of Pennsylvania into the State?
of New York, of a quantity of an article labeled in part, "Aqua Nova Vita,"?
which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results:
Ions.                                                                                 Mgs.?per liter.?
Phosphoric acid  (P04) : Trace.?
Metaboric acid (B02) : Trace.?
Arsenic acid  (AsO*) : Trace.
Silica   (SiOO?
?16
Sulphuric acid   (SO*)?
?189
Carbonic acid  (C03)?
?0.0
Bicarbonic acid (HC03)?
?216
Nitric acid   (N03)?
?0.0
Acetic acid i (C2H302)?
?1, 565
Chlorin   (CI)?
?32,820
Bromin   (Br)?
?0.0
Iodin   (I) :  Trace.
Iron  (Fe)?
?540
Aluminum   (Al)?
?0.0
Manganese   (Mn)?
Calcium   (Ca)?
?6,890
Strontium (Sr)?
?200
Magnesium   (Mg)?
?2,450
Potassium   (K)?
^??370
Sodium (Na)?
?8,710
Lithium (Li)?
?14
53, 982
Alcohol (grams per 100 cc)?
?1.61
Hypothetical combinations.
Lithium chlorid  (LiCl)?
?86
Potassium chlorid   (KC1)?
       705
Sodium acetate1 (NaC2H302)?
   2,174
Sodium chlorid (NaCl)?
20,589
Magnesium chlorid   (MgCl2)?
    9,594
Calcium chlorid  (CaCl2)?
18,670
Calcium sulphate (CaSO*)?
       268
Calcium bicarbonate  (Ca(HC03)2)?
       287
Strontium chlorid (SrOU)?
       362
Ferrous chlorid (Fed.)?
   1,226
Manganous chlorid (MnCl2)?
Silica   (SiO.)?
53, 982?
Specific gravity 20?/20? C?
1. 0383
1 Qualitative tests showed the presence of acetic and butyric acids. Probably other?
organic acids are present.    The excess of base over acid was calculated to acetate.
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It was alleged in substance in the information that the article was mis-?
branded for the reason that certain statements appearing on the label falsely?
and fraudulently represented it to be effective as a remedy in blood and gland?
diseases, cancer, internal and external, lupus vulgaris, lupus erythematosus,?
syphilis, scrofula, catarrh, hay fever, hardening of the arteries or arterio?
sclerosis, fibrosis, tuberculosis in the first and second stages, senile decay of old?
age, anemia and nervous diseases, first stage of paralysis, paresis, paranoia,?
insomnia or sleeplessness, impotence, locomotor ataxia, senile dementia, nervous?
disorders due to melancholia and improper menstruation, all but the last stage?
of myxoedemia, dropsy, diabetes, Bright's disease, dyspepsia, indigestion, chronic?
diarrhea, liver, kidney, and stomach troubles, typhus, typhoid, and other?
enteric fevers, all scalp and skin diseases due to blood impurity, bacterial or?
vegetable parasites; as a general antitoxin against all forms of bacterial poi??
sons ; as a solvent in all forms of mineral deposits, sclerosis, and calculi; for re??
storing blood pressure and metabolism to the normal, thereby bringing tissue and?
weight back to the normal; for stopping all excessive use of all stimulants,?
whether alcohol, tobacco,' coffee, tea, and all narcotic drugs; and for restoring?
the circulation of the blood, whether due to arterio sclerosis or anemia, when, in?
truth and in fact, it was not.
On March 11, 1918, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to?
the information, and the court imposed a fine of $75.
R. A. PEAKSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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