S72S. Misbranding of La Nobleza and Sin Igiaal. V. S. * * * v. Jnau?
Gandara. Plea of giillty. Fine, $200 and costs. (F. & D, No. 12474.?
I. S. Nos. 2256-r, 2257-r.)
On June 22, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of New Mexico,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district an information against Juan Gandara,?
Albuquerque, N. Mex., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about November 4, 1919, from the?
State of New Mexico into the State of California, of quantities of articles,?
labeled in part "La Nobleza " and "Sin Igual," which were misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of La Nobleza by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it was a hydroalcoholic solution of sugars, emodin-bear-?
ing drug extractives and saponin-like glucosides, with faint traces of volatile?
oil.
It was alleged in substance in the information that this article was mis-?
branded for the reason that certain statements regarding the therapeutic and?
curative effects thereof, appearing on the label of the bottle containing it,?
falsely and fraudulently represented it to be effective as a treatment, remedy,?
and cure for scrofula, cancer, leprosy, syphilis, tuberculosis, and all impurities?
of the blood and as a preventive of contagious diseases, when, in truth and in?
fact, it was not.
Analysis of a sample of Sin Igual showed that it was an aqueous fermenting?
mixture of gum (althea indicated), emodin and acid resin, drug extractives,?
sugars, a trace of glycyrrhizin, and alcohol.
It was alleged in substance in the information that this article was mis-?
branded for the reason that certain statements regarding the therapeutic and?
curative effects thereof, appearing on the label of the bottle containing it and?
contained in the circular accompanying it, falsely and fraudulently represented?
it to be effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for gravel, suffocation of?
the chest, retention of urine, stone in the bladder, yellow fever, jaundice, and?
diseases of the kidneys, liver, bladder, chest, and womb, when, in truth and in?
fact, it was not.
On July 26, 1920, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $200 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of AgiicuUare.