6549.   Misbranding   of   Casey's   Rheumatic   Cure.     TJ?   S.    *    *    *    v.   John   H.?
Casey   Medicine    Co.,   a   corporation.     Plea   of   guilty.     Fine,    $25.
(F. & D. No. 8978.    I. S. No. 16015-p.)
On December 6, 1918, the United States attorney for the Eastern District?
of Washington, 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 John H. Casey Medicine Co., a corporation, Hillyard, Wash., alleging ship??
ment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended, on?
or about October 19, 1917, from the State of Washington into the State of"?
Oregon, of a quantity of an article labeled in part, "Casey's Rheumatic Cure??
The Gr^eat Montana Remedy," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed it to contain 1.3 per cent by volume of alcohol and to con??
sist essentially of a hydroalcoholic solution of potassium, iodid, sugar, and?
drug extractives carrying saponin (sarsaparilla indicated), emodin, volatile?
oil, and resins.
It was alleged in substance in the information that the article was mis-?
branded for the reason that certain statements appearing on the label of the?
bottle and carton falsely and fraudulently represented it to be effective as a?
cure for rheumatism, as a remedy for rheumatism, stomach trouble, heart?
trouble, and impure blood, to supply the blood with the necessary substances to?
dissolve and remove the poison of rheumatism, uric acid, and as a cure for?
diseases of the blood and kidneys, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not.?
It was alleged in substance that the article was misbranded for the further?
reas
on that a certain statement included in the circular accompanying the?
article falsely and fraudulently represented it as a cure for Bright's disease?
in early stage, when, in truth and in fact, it was not in early stage or1 in any?
stage. Misbranding of the article was alleged for the further reason that the?
statements, to wit, "This Remedy contains 1\ per cent Alcohol" and "This?
Remedy Is a Purely Vegetable Compound, Contains No Mineral," borne on?
the carton thereof, regarding the article and the ingredients and substances?
contained therein, were false and misleading in that they represented that the?
article contained 7^ per cent of alcohol, and that it was a purely vegetable?
compound which contained no mineral, whereas, in truth and in fact, it did?
not contain 7? per cent of alcohol, but contained a less amount, to wit, 1.3 per?
cent of alcohol, and was not a purely vegetable compound which contained no?
mineral, but was a product which did contain mineral, to wit, a product which?
contained potassium iodid, a mineral salt; and for the further reason that it?
contained alcohol, and the label failed to bear a statement of the quantity or?
proportion of alcohol contained therein.
On February 26, 1919, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty, to?
the information, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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