24655. Misbranding of Cheney's Compound Herbs. U. S. v. G. S. Cheney Co., 
Inc. Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $50. (F. & D. no. 33958. Sample 
no. 71820-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of a drug preparation the label- 
ing of which contained unwarranted curative and therapeutic claims.
On April 9,1935, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against the G. S. Cheney Co., Inc., Boston, Mass., alleging ship- 
ment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended, on 
or about February 28, 1934, from the State of Massachusetts into the State of 
Maine of a quantity of Cheney's Compound-Herbs which were misbranded.
Analysis showed that the article consisted of coarsely ground drugs, including 
pipsissewa, cascara, yellow dock, dandelion, prickly-ash, sassafras, sarsaparilla, 
red clover, and gentian.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that certain statements borne 
on the packages, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the article, 
falsely and fraudulently represented that it was effective as a blood purifier, 
effective to keep the blood pure, effective to promote good health; and effective 
as a thorough systematic cleanser.
On April 29, 1935, a plea of nolo contendere was entered on behalf of the 
defendant company and the court imposed a fine of $50.
"W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.