28309. Misbranding of British Oil and Citrate of Magnlsa. U. S. v. Levy Prod- 
ucts, Inc. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50. (P. & D. No. 38653. Sample Nos. 
13282-C, 13283-C.)
This case covered a product designated as British Oil the labeling of which 
contained false and fraudulent curative and therapeutic claims, and a product 
labeled to indicate that it was citrate of magnesia, which was not citrate of 
magnesia.
On June 2, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Levy Products, Inc.; Tampa, Fla., alleg-
ing shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as 
amended, on or about May 14 and June 1, 1936, from the State of Florida into 
the State of Georgia of quantities of British Oil and Citrate of Magnisa, re- 
spectively, which were misbranded. The articles were labeled in part: "British 
•Oil   *   *   *   Levy  Products,   Inc.   Tampa,   Florida";   "Citrate   of  Magnisa
* *   *   Columbia Drug Co. Savannah, Georgia."
Analysis of the British Oil showed that it consisted of a black viscous oil 
with an odor which indicated crude oil, turpentine, and other aromatic 
substances.
The British Oil was alleged to be misbranded in that certain statements, 
-designs, and devices regarding its curative and therapeutic effects, borne on 
the wrapper, falsely and fraudulently represented that it was effective as a 
relief for all scorbutic and rheumatic disorders, contusions and contractions of 
the nerves, all wandering and other pains, palsy, lameness, swelling and in- 
flammations, fresh wounds, cuts, ulcers, deafness, coughs, shortness of breath, 
•consumption, phthisis, and inward disorders.
The Citrate of Magnisa was alleged to be misbranded in that the state- 
ment "Citrate of Magnisa," borne on the bottle label, was false and mislead- 
ing in that it represented that the article was citrate of magnesia; whereas it 
was not.
On November 2, 1937, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court 
imposed a fine of $50.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.