27703. Misbranding of Zo-Ro-Lo.     IT.  S. v. Zo-Ro-Lo, Inc., Ralph Runyan, and
-    Charles   Collett.     Pleas   of   nolo   contendere.     Corporation   fined   $50.
Individual  defendants   each  fined  $10.     Costs  assessed.     (F.   & D.  No.
37923.    Sample Nos. 49625-B, 56470-B.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent representations regarding 
its curative and therapeutic effects.
On August 12, 1936, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by,the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Zo-Ro-Lo., Inc., Ada, Ohio, and Ralph 
Runyan and Charles .Collett, officers of the corporation, alleging shipment by 
said defendants in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended, on or 
about December 9, 1935, from the State of Ohio into the State of Indiana, 
and on or about December 20, 1935, from the State of Qhio into the State of 
New Jersey of quantities of Zo-Ro-Lo that was misbranded. The article was 
labeled in part: "Zo-Ro-Lo, Zo-Ro-Lo, Inc., Laboratories, Ada, Ohio."
Analyses showed that it consisted essentially of water, magnesium sulphate, 
citric acid, benzoic acid, glycerin, and menthol.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that certain statements borne 
on the bottle label, regarding its therapeutic and curative effects, falsely and 
fraudulently represented that it was effective to remove the cause of many ail- 
ments traceable to intestinal auto-intoxication and to insure proper elimina- 
tion ; effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for indigestion; and effective 
to aid nature in eliminating the toxins caused from auto-intoxication and 
putrefaction occurring within the intestinal tract and to establish normal 
metabolism.
On January 21, 1937, the corporation entered a plea of nolo contendere and 
the court imposed a fine of $50, with costs amounting to $20.50. On September 
16, 1937, each individual defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere and was 
fined $10 with $15.10 costs.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.