10824.?Misbranding   of   anemia   tablets.     V.   S.   v.   12   Dozen   Packages   of
Anemia Tablets. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture,?
and destruction. (F. & D. No. 15359. I. S. No. 10719-t. S. No.?
W-1012.)
On September 2, 1921, the United States attorney for the Southern 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 12 dozen packages of drugs labeled in part, "Anemia Tab??
lets," remaining in the original unbroken packages at Los Angeles, Calif., con??
signed by Dr. Carlos M. Rivoll, Laredo, Tex., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about March 12, 1920, and transported from the State of Texas?
into the State of California, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act.
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that the tablets consisted of milk sugar (95 per cent) and?
small quantities of cinchona alkaloids, charcoal, sulphur, gum, and compounds?
of arsenic, phosphorus, iron, and sodium.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the circulars accompanying the same contained the following statements,?
" * * * ' Anemia Tablets ' will restore lost vigor, relieve mental disorders?
neurasthenia, etc, * * * Dispepsia * * * relief in all cases * * *?
the Best remedy for the diseases here on mentioned * * * Debility caused?
by excesses. Weakness of convalescents. Leucorrhoea * * * Weakness?
of memory. Rickets clesease of children. Menstrual disorders. Vertigo.?
Fainting, etc * * * Nothing better than Anemia Tablets to produce an?
appetite! * * *," whereas the said drug contained no ingredient or combina??
tion of ingredients capable of producing the curative and therapeutic effects?
claimed for it, and the said statements in the circulars were false and fraud??
ulent.
On April 11, 1922, 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 disposed of in accordance Avith the provisions of the Food?
and Drugs Act.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
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