15071. Misbranding of Reno's New Health Uterine tonic. U. S. v. 24 Dozen 
Bottles of Reno's New Health Uterine Tonic. Decree of condem- 
nation   and   forfeitni'e   entered.     Product   released   under   bond.
(F. & D. No. 21516.    I. S. No. 14508-x.    S. No. E-5930.)
On or about January 11, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of 
Porto Rico, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnaion of 24 dozen bottles of Reno's New Health Uterine tonic, at San 
Juan, P. R., alleging that the article had been shipped by S. B. Leonardi & Co., 
New York, N. Y., on or about February 11, 1926, and was being offered for 
sale and sold in the Territory of Porto Rico,  and charging misbranding in
Analysis by this department showed that the article contained extracts of 
vegetable material, including b?rberine, alcohol, and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- 
ing statements, regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the said article, 
were false and fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or combination or 
ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed: (Blown on bottle) " New 
Health Uterine Tonic;" (carton label) "New Health Uterine Tonic * * * 
A woman's medicine * * * Valuable tonic and sedative * * * This 
product contains ingredients which have been used by many leading physicians 
making a specialty of the study and treatment of women's diseases due to 
catarrhal or inflamed condition of the womb, i. e., leuchorrhoea or whites, 
irregular or painful menstruation. Its sedative and tonic properties make it 
very beneficial in nervous exhaustion, sleeplessness, hysteria or irritability 
resulting from utei'ine or ovarian inflammation;"' (circular) "Reno's New 
Health Uterine Tonic. Used in such female disorders as painful or irregular 
menstruation and nervous irritability due to uterine or ovarian inflammation- 
disorders of the female reproductive organs are among the most frequent and 
distressing ailments to which human flesh is heir. If neglected in the begin- 
ning they often lead to a life-long and intense suffering; but when attended 
to in time they frequently yield to proper treatment. They should avoid taking 
narcotic drugs which simply relieve pain without removing its cause. Painful 
menstruation. In painful menstruation * * * irregular menstruation. 
Wht>n the menstrual flow is irregular. Commencing menstruation. In the case 
of joung girls in whom menstrual life is just beginning. Change of life. 
Women experiencing the change of life. Note: Reno's New Health Uterine 
Tonic gives best results when it is used throughout the entire time in which 
the flow is absent; " (similar labeling in Spanish and [carton] other foreign 
languages).
On May 13, 1927, S. B. Leonardi & Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., having appeared 
as claimant for the property and having admitted the material allegations of 
the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon 
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the 
sum of $150, conditioned in part-that it should not be sold or otherwise dis- 
posed of without first having been properly labeled, or that it be exported out- 
side of the jurisdiction of the United States.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.