SS75. Misbranding of Dr. J. H. TuvWrn Tcndlnol and Congh, Cold and Di?>-?
temper Cure. V. S. * * ** v. J. Homer Imff (Carter-Lufi Chemi??
cal Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, $1. (F. & D. No. 12813. I. S. Nos.?
14188-r, 14189-r.)
On December 6, 1920, 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?
J. Homer Luff, trading as the Carter-Luff Chemical Co., Hudson, N. Y., alleg??
ing shipment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as?
amended, on or about July 21, 1919, from the State of New York into the State?
of New Jersey, of quantities of Dr. J. H. Luff's Tendinol and Cough, Cold and?
Distemper Cure which were misbranded. The articles were labeled in pare,?
respectively, " Dr. J. H. Luff's Tendinol * * * " and " Dr. J. H. Luff's?
Cough," (design of horse) "Cold and Distemper Cure * * * Prepared by?
J. H. Luff, D. V. S. Hudson, N. Y."
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that the Tendinol consisted of a heavy mineral oil, a saponi-?
fiable oil, and 0.76 gram of sulphurous acid per 100 mils, and that the Cough,?
Cold and Distemper Cure consisted of sodium chlorid, magnesium carbonate,?
potassium nitrate, linseed meal, gentian, and asafetida.
Misbranding of the Tendinol was alleged in substance in the information for?
the reason that certain statements, designs, and devices, regarding the thera??
peutic and curative effects thereof, appearing on the labels of the bottles and?
cartons, falsely and fraudulently represented it to be effective as a treatment,?
remedy, and cure for spavins, splints, curbs, tumors, founder, and sweeny, and?
to remove abnormal growths, when, in truth and in fact, it was not. Misbrand??
ing of the Cough, Cold and Distemper Cure was alleged in substance for the?
reason that certain statements, designs, and devices, regarding the therapeutic?
and curative effects thereof, appearing on the packages, falsely and fraudulently?
represented it to be effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for distemper,?
influenza, pinkeye, and lung fever, when, in truth and in fact, it was not.
On December 22, 1920, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa??
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $1.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
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