21802. Misbranding of Pabst's O.K. Specific.    V. S. v. Fridolin Pabst (Pabst
Chemical   Co.).     Judgment   of   guilty.      Fine,   $100.      (F.   &   D.   no.
27566.    I.S.  nos.  36901,  38409.)
Examination of the drug preparation, Pabst's O. K. Specific, disclosed that it 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing- 
certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On May 6, 1932,the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court an information against Fridolin Pabst, trading as the Pabst Chemical Co., 
Chicago, Ill., alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act as amended, on or about March 2, 1931, from the State of Illinois 
into the State of Texas, and on or about July 7, 1931, from the State of Illinois 
into Puerto Rico, of quantities of Pabst's O. K. Specific that was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this Department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of cubeb oil, 'copaiba oleoresin, extracts of plant drugs, includ- 
ing buchu and uva ursi, sugar, alcohol, and water.
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
certain statements, designs, and devices appearing in the circulars shipped with 
the article, regarding its curative and therapeutic effects, falsely and fraudi- 
lently represented that the article was effective in the treatment of and as a 
cure for gonorrhoea and gleet, either when used alone or in connection with 
"Okay Tonic", whereas it was not effective in the treatment of or as a cure 
for gonorrhoea and gleet, either when used alone or in connection with "The 
Okay Tonic."
On January 9, 1934, the defendant having entered a plea of not guilty to the 
information and a jury having been waived and the case submitted to the 
court, judgment was entered finding the defendant guilty and imposing a penalty 
of $100.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.