9182. Misbranding of Earp Minerals. IT. S. v. George H. Earp-Thomas (Earp Lab- 
oratories). Plea of guilty. Fine, $50. (F. D. C. No. 15569. Sample No. 
82867-F.)
INFORMATION FILED:   August 3, 1945, District of New Jersey, against George
H. Earp-Thomas, an individual trading as Earp Laboratories, Bloomfield, N. J. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about August 4, 1944, from the State of New Jersey
into the State of New York. 
PRODUCT:   Examination showed that the article was a very dilute solution of
sodium and potassium carbonates, potassium phosphate, magnesium sulfate,
and traces of ferrous and copper malate.
LABEL IN PART :    "Earp Minerals."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements, "For 
Increasing Mineral Nutrition Contains: Potassium, Sodium,, Magnesium, 
Phosphorus, Iron and Copper * * * Normal dose half teaspoonful in half 
glass of water or according to physician's directions. Never take undiluted," 
were false and misleading since they represented and suggested that the ar- 
ticle, when used in the dosage directed and suggested, contained the minerals 
necessary in human nutrition in amounts sufficient to contribute in an im- 
portant respect to the requirements of the body. The article would not supply 
the minerals necessary to human nutrition in the amounts represented and 
suggested since it contained no significant amount of any mineral.
DISPOSITION: September 21, 1945. A plea of guilty having been entered, the 
defendant was fined $50.