27904. Misbranding of Hcm-Rold.    U. S. v. Dr. Leonhardt Co.    Plea of guilty.
Fine, $200.     (F. & D. No. 37026.    Sample Nos. 45577-B, 52210-B.)
The labeling of this product contained false and fraudulent representations 
regarding its curative or therapeutic effects.
On June 29, 1936, the United States attorney for the Western District of New 
York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court an information against the Dr. Leonhardt Co., a corporation, Buffalo,
N. Y., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act as amended, on or about October 14 and October 28, 1935, from the State of 
New York into the States of Colorado and Illinois, respectively, of quantities 
of Hem-Roid that was misbranded. The article was labeled in part; "Her- 
oin   *   *   *   Dr. Leonhardt Co. Buffalo, N. Y."
It was alleged to be misbranded in that certain statements, designs, and de- 
vices regarding its therapeutic and curative effects, borne on the bottles and 
cartons and contained in a circular shipped with it, falsely and fraudulently 
represented that it was effective as an internal palliative treatment for attacks 
of piles caused or aggra", .^d by acute hepatic congestion.
On October 7, 1937, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and the court imposed a fine of $200.
HABBY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.