8911. Misbranding- of Robert J. Pierce's Tansy, Cotton Root, Pennyroyal?
and Apiol Tablets. V. S. * * * v. 5 Dozen Packages * * + of?
Robert J. Pierce's Tansy, Cotton Root, Pennyroyal and Apiol Tab??
lets. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.     (F. & D. No. 13473.    I. S. No. 8236-t.    S. No. E-2547.)
On August 21, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation?
of 5 dozen packages of Robert J. Pierce's Tansy, Cotton Root, Pennyroyal and?
Apiol Tablets, shipped June 5, 1920, and remaining in the original unbroken?
packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by?
Robert J. Pierce, New York, N. Y., and transported from the State of New
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York into the State of Maryland, and charging misbranding in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that the tablets consisted essentially of aloes, ferrous sulphate,?
and pennyroyal.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for?
the reason that the following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic?
effects of said article, (box label) " * * * Tansy, Cotton Root Pennyroyal?
and Apiol Tablets. A safe emmenagogue. Always reliable and effective. The?
best known remedy for the suppression of the menstrual function," (circular)?
?< * * * Tansy, Cotton -Root, Pennyroyal and Apiol Tablets * * * The?
Celebrated Female Regulator * * * Delayed Menstruations When the sup??
pression is of long standing * * * take one * * * until four days be??
fore the time when the menses should appear * * * immediately preced??
ing the expected appearance of the menstrual flow, active treatment should?
begin. Take one * * '?? three times daily * '" "|: follow * * * in??
structions * * * until the desired result is obtained * * * Irregulari??
ties. Where the menses are not regular * * * are invaluable. Take?
* * * before the expected appearance of the menstrual flow," were false and?
fraudulent in that the article contained no ingredient or combination of in??
gredients capable of producing the effects claimed for it.
On September 29, 1920. no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that rhe product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.