28321. Adulteration and misbranding of Puritan Brand General Tonic, and mis- 
branding of Puritan Brand Liniment and Puritan Brand Treatment 
Tablets. U. S. v. Clyde Collins Chemical Co., Clyde Collins, and Koy 
Clark   Collins.     Pleas   of   guilty.     Total   fines,   $400;    costs   assessed.
(F. & D. No. 39744.    Sample Nos. 15791-C, 15792-C, 15793-C.)
The labeling on these products contained false and fraudulent curative and 
therapeutic claims. The General Tonic was represented to contain iron and 
nux vomica; whereas it contained an inappreciable amount of iron and no nux 
vomica.
On August 31, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information (amended September 28, 1937) against the Clyde 
Collins Chemical Co., a corporation, Memphis, Tenn., Clyde Collins, and Roy 
Clark Collins, alleging shipment by said defendants in violation of the Food and 
Drug Act as amended, on or about November 12, 1936, from the State of Tennessee 
into the State of Georgia of quantities of the above-named products, which were 
misbranded and the first-named of which was also adulterated. The articles 
were labeled in part: "Manufactured by Clyde Collins Chemical Co."
Analysis showed that the General Tonic consisted essentially of magnesium 
sulphate, small proportions of sodium citrate, extracts of plant drugs, sac- 
charin, salicylic acid, and a minute amount of iron compound and water; 
that the Liniment consisted essentially of light petroleum oil containing small 
proportions of eucalyptol and methyl salicylate colored with a red dye, and 
that the Treatment Tablets contained iron oxide, small proportions of zinc 
phosphide, and strychnine, milk sugar, talc, and a gum.
The tonic was alleged to be adulterated in that its strength and purity 
fell below the professed standard and quality under which it was sold since 
it was represented to contain iron and nux vomica; whereas it contained an 
inappreciable amount of iron and no nux vomica. It was alleged to be mis- 
branded in that the statements, (circular) "Containing Iron * * * it con- 
tains iron, also nux" and (carton and bottle) "Containing Iron," were false 
and misleading since they represented that the article contained an appreciable 
amount of iron and nux vomica; whereas it contained an inappreciable amount 
of iron and no nux vomica.
All products were alleged to be misbranded in that certain statements, 
designs, and devices regarding their therapeutic or curative effects, appearing 
in the labeling, falsely and fraudulently represented that the tonic was effective 
as a general tonic; as a tonic; as a great body builder and as a health-build- 
ing and strength-renewing medicine; effective to restore health; effective as a 
treatment for kidney and bladder ailments; and effective as a relief for bilious-
ness, loss of appetite, general ill health, rheumatism, sour stomach, nerve-sexual 
debility, impure blood, pimples, blotches, indigestion, torpid liver, weak men 
and women, kidney and bladder troubles, pains in the back and hips, lost 
manhood, sallow, muddy complexion, and malaria; and effective to remove 
filth from the stomach; that the liniment was effective as a treatment, remedy, 
and cure for rheumatism, stiff, sore or swollen joints, neuralgia, toothaches, 
pain of any description, cramps, dysentery and summer complaints; and that 
the treatment tablets were effective as a treatment for men and women in a 
weak and run-down sex condition; effective to give strength, pep, and energy; 
and effective when used in connection with Puritan Iron Tonic, to restore lost 
manhood.
On October 8, 1937, the defendants entered pleas of guilty and the court 
imposed a fine of $200 against the corporation, and a fine of $100 against each 
of the individual defendants, and assessed costs of the proceedings.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.