28319. Misbranding of Gall-Flo.     U.  S. v.  Gall-Flo Laboratories, Inc., Ella M.
Defense, Durbin Li. Keeney, and Harry T. Lederer. Pleas of nolo 
contendere;   finding; of guilty.    Fine, totaling; $100 and costs.     (F.  &
D. No. 37973.     Sample No. 67687-B.)
The labeling of this product contained false and fraudulent representations 
regarding its curative and therapeutic effects.
On October 5, 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 Gall-Flo Laboratories, Inc., and Ella M. Defense, 
Durbin L. Keeney, and Harry T. Lederer, officers of the corporation, alleging 
shipment by said defendants in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended, 
on or about January 9, 1936, from the State of Ohio into the State of West 
Virginia, of a quantity of Gall-Flo that was misbranded. The article was labeled 
in part: "Manufactured by Gall-Flo Laboratories, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio."
Analysis showed that the article consisted essentially of water, alcohol, plant 
•extractives, and an unidentified alkaloid.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that certain statements, designs, and de- 
vices regarding its curative or therapeutic effects, appearing in the labeling, 
falsely and fraudulently represented that it was effective as a treatment, 
remedy, and cure for liver, gall bladder and stomach disorders arising from a 
sluggish flow of bile, pains in the pit of the stomach, gas, bloating, flatulence, 
colic, sour or bile eructations, bitter taste in the mouth, nausea, irritability, 
all-tired-out feeling, dizzy bilious headaches, gall-bladder and liver trouble due 
to pregnancy, stagnant liver, and most bilious symptoms; and effective to 
.alleviate distress and biliousness arising from a sluggish flow of bile, to aid 
digestion, to prevent constipation, and to promote normal digestion in the 
intestines.
On November 19, 1937, the defendants entered pleas of nolo contendere, were 
found guilty by the court and were each fined $25.   Costs also were imposed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.