19857. Misbranding of Hudson's Iron and Nux liver and blood tonic.     U. S.
-v. 19 Bottles of Hudson's Iron and Nux Liver & Blood Tonic. 
Default   decree   of   condemnation   and  destruction.     (F.   &  D.   No.
23430.    I. S. No. 04123.    S. No. 1568.)
Examination of the drug product, Hudson's Iron and Nux liver and blood 
tonic involved in this action, showed that the article contained no ingredient 
or combination of ingredients capable of producing certain curative and 
therapeutic effects claimed for it on the bottle label.
On February 18,1929, 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 aforesaid, holding a District Court, a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 19 bottles of the said Hudson's Iron and Nux liver and blood 
tonic, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Washington, D. C, 
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about December 27, 1928, by 
the Hudson Medicine Co., from Hopewell, Va., and had been transported from 
the State of Virginia into 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 essentially of magnesium sulphate, an iron compound, a chloride, a small 
proportion of strychnine, alcohol (1.2 per cent), and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
following statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effects, appearing 
on the bottle label, were false and fraudulent, since the said article contained no 
ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects 
claimed: (Front label) "Liver & Blood Tonic * * * Puts iron in the 
system * * * is indicated in any condition requiring a better performance 
of the Hepatic Functions in all minor Liver conditions from * * * Malaria, 
Chills, Fever, Jaundice, * * * Bad Blood, Boils, Pimples, Skin Eruptions, 
etc.;" (reverse label) "For Fevers, Chills, Malaria, * * * La Grippe, 
Influenza, * * * Sluggish Liver, Jaundice, etc., * * * For Boils, Bad 
Blood, Loss of Appetite, and as a * * * Strength Builder, * * * In 
all cases regulate dose to produce desired results. * * * you will be greatly 
improved by the use of this Tonic."
On September 19, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the cor.it that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HENEY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.