26510. Misbranding of  Universal Tonic  Glnsens.     U.   S.  v.  Jay  Lelghton  Van
Cleve (Universal Medicine Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, $50. (F. & D. 
no. S6984.    Sample no. 87640-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of Universal Tonic Ginseng the 
labels of which bore false and fraudulent representations regarding its cura- 
tive or therapeutic effects.
On April 7, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, acting 
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court an 
Information against Jay Lelghton Van Cleve, trading as Universal Medicine 
Co., Portland, Oreg., charging shipment by said defendant in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about June 24, 1935, from the State 
of Oregon into the State of Washington of a quantity of Universal Tonic 
Ginseng that was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article showed that it consisted essentially of 
extracts of plant drugs, alcohol (2.7 percent by volume), glycerin, and water.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements regarding 
Its curative and therapeutic effects, appearing on the bottle labels, falsely and 
fraudulently represented that the article was effective as a treatment, remedy, 
and cure for ailments of the stomach, liver, kidneys, and nerves, and effective 
to make weak men and women strong.
On June 11, 1936, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court im- 
posed a fine of $50.
M. L. WILSON, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture,