8007. MiMbranrtlns of Pierce's Empress Brand Tansy,.Cotton Root, Penny??
royal find Ayiol Tablets. V. S. * * * v. "20 Dozen Pacltag-es?
anil 3 Dozen Pa,elisig'<e.-i * " * o? Pierce's Impress Brand Tansy,?
Cotton Root. Pennyroyal and Aniol Tablets. Default decrees of?
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 13286, 13296.?
I. S. Nos. S779-t, S777-t.    S. Nos. E-2662, E-2575.)
On September 3, 1920, and August 24, 3920, the United States attorney for the?
1 Jistrict of Columbia, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed?
in the Supreme Court of said District, holding a District Court, libels for the
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seizure and condemnation of 20 dozen packages and -J dozen packages of Pierce's?
Empress Brand Tansy, Cotton Root, Pennyroyal and Apiol Tablets, at Wash??
ington, D. C, alleging that the article had been shipped by Robert J. Pierce, New?
York, N. Y., and transported from the State of New York into the District of?
Columbia, and that the said article was being sold and offered for sale in the?
District aforesaid, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part " Pierce's " (or " Robert?
J. Pierce's") "Empress Brand Tansy, Cotton Root, Pennyroyal and Apiol?
Tablets."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that the tablets consisted essentially of aloes, ferrous sulphate,?
and pennyroyal.
It was alleged in substance in the libels that the article was misbranded for?
the reason that the same bore a label containing the following statements, among?
others, " Tansy, Cotton Root, Pennyroyal and Apiol Tablets A safe emmena??
gogue always reliable and effective the best known remedy for the suppression?
of the menstrual function," and for the further reason that each package of the?
drug contained a circular which circular contained the following statements,?
among others, " Tansy, Cotton Root, Pennyroyal and Apiol Tablets * * *?
The Celebrated Female Regulator * * * Delayed Menstruations When the?
suppression is of long standing * * '* take one until four days before the?
time when the menses should appear * * * immediately preceding the ex??
pected appearance of the menstrual flow, active treatment should begin. Take?
one * * * three times daily * * * follow * * * instructions * * *?
until the desired result is obtained * * * Irregularities Where the menses?
are not regular * * * are invaluable. Take * * * before the expected?
appearance of the menstrual flow," which said statements were false and fraudu??
lent in that they were severally statements of the curative and therapeutic?
effect of the said drug and of the ingredients and substances contained therein,?
which statements were false and fraudulent for the reason that said drug?
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients in sufficient quantity and?
strength capable of producing the therapeutic effect claimed for it in said?
statements.
On October 18, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments?
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.