19186. Misbranding of   Jones   vegetable  kerb   tablets.    U.   S.   v.   50   Large
Packages of Jones Vegetable Herb Tablets. Default decree of 
condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 26999. I. S. No. 16511. 
S. No. 5189.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Jones vegetable herb tablets, 
showed that the labeling bore statements representing that the article possessed 
curative and therapeutic properties which it did not possess.
On September 29, 1931, the United States attorney for the District of 
Columbia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a District Court, a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of 50 packages each containing 3 small boxes 
of Jones vegetable herb tablets at Washington, D. C, alleging that the article 
was in possession of the Christiani Drug Co., Washington, D. C, and was 
being offered for sale in the District of Columbia and charging misbranding in 
violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it con- 
sisted of sugar-coated tablets containing extracts of plant materials, including 
aloe and podophyllum.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
following statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effect of the said 
article were false and fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or combina- 
tion of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed: (Large carton) 
"For the Blood, Kidneys and Liver * * * Purify the blood and keep the 
liver active, the two most important factors in the making and keeping of 
perfect health. * * * Recommended for Rheumatism * * * Liver 
Complaint, Chills, Fever, Neuralgia, Headache, Piles, Irregularity of the 
Bowels, Dyspepsia, Kidney Disorder, La Grippe, Indigestion, Pimples, Tetter, 
* * * and Diseases arising from the Liver, Kidneys and Impure Blood;" 
(small carton) " For the Blood, Kidneys and Liver."
On February 5, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHXJE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.