10637. Misbranding of Palmo tablets. U. S. * * * v. 84 Boxes of * * *?
Palmo Tablets. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 13666, 13667. I. S. Nos, 10374-t, 10375-t.?
S. Nos. W-764, W-765.)
On September 8, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of California, 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 84 boxes of Palmo tablets, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had?
been shipped in part by the McCullough Drug Co., Lawrenceburg, Ind., on or?
about May 29, 1920, and in part by the Williams Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio,?
June 18, 1920, and transported from the States of Indiana and Ohio, re??
spectively, into the State of California, and charging misbranding in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that the tablets contained extracts of plant drugs, in??
cluding nux vomica and damiana, iron phosphate, and a trace of phosphorus,?
coated with sugar.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that it was labeled on the box containing the said article and in the ac??
companying circular as follows, (box) " * * * a * * * remedy for many?
Nervous Disorders * * * irritability, weakness, depression, etc. * * *?
for men or women who are run-down generally, and who lack energy or am??
bition," (circular) " * * * No one can attain * * * success * * *?
without an abundance of vitality or nerve force * * * excesses of the usual?
kind * * * may bring about this condition. * * * we have * * *?
reliable treatment for just such cases. * * * Palmo Tablets re-animate?
and re-vitalize. They are * * * for Nervous Exhaustion or Debility,?
Depression or Despondency, Irritability, Fretfulness, Fidgets, Lack of Tone?
* * *," which statements were false and fraudulent, since the said article?
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing?
the curative and. therapeutic effects claimed.
On May 9, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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