22324. Adulteration and misbranding of radium chloride ampoules and 
Misbranding of radium bath salts. U. S. v. Mrs. Sally Bryan 
(Denver Radium Service). Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $25. 
(F. & D. no. 30298.    Sample nos. 9563-A, 9564-A, 9568-A.)
This case was based on the interstate shipment of radium chloride ampoules 
labeled as containing 5 micrograms and 10 micrograms, respectively, of radium. 
Analyses showed that they contained less than the labeled quantity of radium. 
There was also covered by the case a shipment of radium bath salts which were 
labeled with unwarranted curative and therapeutic claims.
On December 21,1933, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against Mrs. Sally Bryan, trading as the Denver Radium Service, 
Denver, Colo., alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act as amended, on or about May 7,1932, from the State of Colorado into 
the State of Virginia, of quantities of radium chloride ampoules which were 
adulterated and misbranded, and on or about March 26, 1932, from the State of 
Colorado into the State of Virginia, of a quantity of radium bath salts which 
were misbranded. The boxes containing the said ampoules were labeled in part: 
" Radium Content DBS Guaranteed Denver 5 microgram Ba. [or " 10 Microgram 
Ba."] (Chloride) Certified and Prepared for Denver Radium Service Denver, 
Colo." The bath salts were labeled in part: " One Standard Radium Emana- 
tion Bath D. E. S.    *    *    *   Denver Radium Service Denver, Colo."
Analyses of samples of the articles by this Department showed that they con- 
sisted essentially of mixtures of common salt- and carnotite ore. A sample of the 
alleged 5-microgram ampoules contained 4.28 micrograms of radium; 2 samples 
of the alleged 10-microgram ampoules contained 7.29 and 2.50 micrograms of 
radium, respectively; a sample of the bath salts contained 4.81 millimicrograms 
of radium per gram.
It was alleged in the information that the radium chloride ampoules were 
adulterated in that their strength and purity fell below the professed standard 
and quality under which they were sold, in that they were represented to contain 
5 micrograms and 10 micrograms, respectively, of radium, whereas they con- 
tained less amounts.
Misbranding of the said ampoules was alleged for the reason that the state- 
ments on the boxes and ampoules, " 5 Microgram Ba." and " 10 Microgram Ba.", 
were false and misleading. Misbranding of the bath salts was alleged for the 
reason that certain statements, designs, and devices regarding the therapeutic 
and curative effects of the article, borne on the carton and box labels, falsely 
and fraudulently represented that it was effective as a treatment, remedy, and 
cure for nervous disorders, insomnia, general debility, arthritis, and rheumatism.
On April 21, 1934, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere, and the 
court imposed a fine of $25.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.