20155. Misbranding1 of Grander liver regulator. U.S. v. 27 Packages of 
Granger Liver Regulator. Consent decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 28913.    Sample No. 7198-A.)
Examination of the drug preparation involved in this case disclosed that the 
article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of pro- 
ducing certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed on the carton and box 
labels and in circulars shipped with the article.
. On September 14, 1932, the United States attorney for the Middle District of f 
Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 27 packages of Granger liver regulator at Mont- 
gomery, Ala., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, 
on or about April 27, 1932, by the Granger Medicine Co. (Estorge Drug Co.), 
from New Iberia, La., to Montgomery, Ala., 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 senna and a small proportion of other plant material.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
following statements appearing in the labeling, regarding the curative and 
therapeutic effects of the article, were false and fraudulent: (Carton) 
" Liver Regulator For Diseases of the Liver, * * * Dyspepsia, Biliousness, 
Bilious Colic, Pains in Head, Pains in Back, Inflammation of Kidneys, Inflam- 
mation of Stomach and Bowels. * * * Liver Regulator for Liver and Kidney 
Complaints"; (tin box) "Formerly Liver Regulator * * * Known to be use- 
ful in diseases of the Liver and Kidneys. * * * For Chronic Liver Complaints. 
* * * Biliousness, Colic, Sick Headache, Inflamed Kidneys, Pains in Back " ; 
(yellow circular) "Directions For Using Granger Liver Regulator: * * * 
Torpid Liver—Take one to three teaspoonfuls at bedtime the first night, and 
one to two the second night; then commence with a half to one teaspoonful 
after each meal. Continue until the Liver is acting fully. Sick Headache— 
Take one teaspoonful four times a day at meals and at bedtime. A few days 
is generally sufficient, but the treatment should be continued until the head is 
clear and free from pain. Indigestion— * * * Piles and Biliousness—This 
is a very annoying and distressing disease, * * * take a half to one tea- 
spoonful four times a day, at meals and at bedtime, until relieved "; (white 
circular) " Granger's Liver Regulator * * * to relieve billiousness * * * 
indigestion."
On November 1, 1932, the Granger Medicine Co., Inc., New Iberia, La., 
claimant, having consented to the destruction of the goods, judgment of condem- 
nation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.