30977. Misbranding of Sodasal. IT. S. v. Harry Enkel (Sodasal Laboratories). 
Plea of guilty. Sentence of 1 year suspended and defendant placed 
on  probation  for 3 years.     Fine  of $100 also  imposed.     (F. & D.  No.
42732.    Sample Nos. 42944-D, 42971-D, 43181-D, 52224-D.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent representations regard- 
ing its curative and therapeutic effects.
On November 14, 1939, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Harry Enkel, trading as the Sodasal 
Laboratories, Detroit, Mich., alleging shipment by said defendant within the 
period from on or about January 14 to on or about March 4, 1939, from the 
State of Michigan into the State of Pennsylvania of quantities of Sodasal which 
was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample taken from one of the shipments showed that it was 
a reddish liquid consisting largely of sugar and water, containing aminopyrine 
(approximately 8.8 grains per fluid ounce), salicylates of sodium and potassium 
(equivalent to approximately 33.5 grains per fluid ounce as sodium salicylate), 
citrates and bicarbonates of sodium and potassium, together with a suspension 
of magnesium and calcium salts. Analysis of samples taken from the other 
shipments showed that they were of substantially the same composition.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that statements, designs, and 
devices appearing in its labeling, regarding its curative and therapeutic effects, 
falsely and fraudulently represented that it was effective as an alkaline treat- 
ment (in some shipments as an "anti-acid treatment") ; effective as a treatment 
for rheumatic pains, aching muscles, lumbago, and simple, non-fever grippy dis- 
comfort; effective as an anti-rheumatic anodyne, diuretic, anti-acid and alka- 
lizer effective to give prompt relief from pain, knife-like pain, racking pain 
and rheumatoid suffering; to flush the kidneys; to expel uric acid, poisonous 
toxins and other impurities; to double the kidney flow and to fight blood acidity; 
effective as a treatment of serious ailments which often develop into kidney, 
blood, and heart trouble; effective in the treatment of stiffness, soreness, swell-
ing or shrinkage in muscles and joints; effective to bring freedom from pain 
and to relieve torturing pains and agony; and effective as a treatment for 
advanced (chronic) and recurring cases.
The article was also charged to be misbranded in violation of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as reported in notice of judgment No. 78 published 
under that act.
On December 4, 1939, a plea of guilty having been entered, the court sen- 
tenced the defendant to 1 year's imprisonment and imposed a fine of $100 for 
violation of both acts. The prison sentence was suspended and the defendant 
was placed on probation for 3 years.
GROVER B. HILL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.