10030.?Misbranding of Mr. Hiatt's  Germicide.     U.  S.     *     *      *     v.  James  A.
Hiatt and George W. Denker (Hiatt Germicide Co.).     Plea of guilty?
by   defendant   Hiatt.     Fine,   $100   and   costs.      Indictment   nolle
prossed as to defendant Denker.     (F. & D. No. 10052.     I. S. No. 9754-p.)
On May 1, 1920, the grand jurors of the United States within and for the?
District of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, re??
turned in the District Court of the United States for said district an indictment?
against James A. Hiatt and George W. Deuker, copartners, trading under the?
name of the Hiatt Germicide Co., Richmond, Ind., charging shipment by said?
defendants, on or about October 22,1917, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
as amended, from the State of Indiana into the State of Ohio, of a quantity of?
an article labeled in part "Dr. Hiatt's Germicide," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted essentially of a sirup containing a benzoate, alco??
hol, and a trace of phenol.
It was charged in substance in the indictment that the article was misbranded?
for the reason that certain statements appearing on the bottle labels and upon?
the cartons inclosing the bottles falsely and fraudulently represented it to be?
effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for croup, diphtheria, quinsy, sore?
throat, catarrh, coughs, colds, inflamed mucous membranes, chronic throat dis??
eases, and all forms of catarrh, and effective to relieve croup, hay fever, and?
cold in the head, when, in truth and in fact, it was not.
On May 17,1920, a plea of guilty to the indictment was entered by the defend??
ant Hiatt, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs. On the same date, a?
plea of not guilty was entered by the defendant Deuker, and the indictment was?
nolle prossed as to said defendant.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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