GS07. Allsbi-ancling- of Hokara BIooil TalMets. XI. S. * * * v. J. D. McCanu?
Co., a corporation. Plea of gtiJHy. Fine, $25. (F. & D. No. 9190.?
I. S. No. 2919-p.)
On April 22, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western 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?
J. D. McCann Co., a corporation, Horn ell, N. Y., alleging shipment on or?
about August 17, 1917, by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs?
A.ct, as amended, from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania,?
of a quantity of an article, labeled in part " Hokara Blood Tablets," which was?
misbrancled.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that the product consisted of red tablets coated with?
calcium carbonate and sugar and contained essentially podophyllum resin,?
potassium nitrate, and capsicum.
It was alleged in substance in the information that the article was mis-?
branded for the reason that certain statements borne on the labels of the?
packages falsely and fraudulently represented it as a treatment, remedy, and?
cure for skin diseases, cancer, scrofula, rheumatism, and neuralgia and effec??
tive to act on all glandular organs, and to remove uric acid and all impurities?
from the system, when, in truth and in fact, it was not. It was alleged in?
substance that the article was misbrancled for the further reason that certain?
statements appearing in the booklet accompanying the article falsely and?
fraudulently represented it as effective to purify the blood, and effective, when
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used in connection with Hokara, as a relief for severe cases of skin disease,?
and effective, when used in connection with Hokara and Antiseptic Compound,?
as a treatment, remedy, and cure for acne, scrofula, rheumatic eczema, and?
erysipelas, when, in truth and in fact, it was not. Misbranding of the article?
was alleged for the further reason that the statement, to wit, "Hokara Blood?
Tablets are a combination of vegetable remedies," borne in the booklet ac??
companying the article, regarding it and the ingredients and substances con??
tained therein, was false and misleading in that it represented that the article?
was composed exclusively of vegetable ingredients, whereas, in truth and in?
fact, it was not composed exclusively of vegetable ingredients, but was com??
posed in part of mineral ingredients, to wit, potassium nitrate and calcium?
carbonate.
On April 25, 1919, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the?
information, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
C. F. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.