554. Misbranding-  of  "Doctor's Daughter"  Tablets   (and Dr.  Wilbur's Laxative
Tablets). U. S. v. 5% Dozen Packages of "Doctor's Daughter" Tablets.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 4779.
Sample No. 56820-E.)
Bach package of this product contained 50 white tablets wrapped in wax
paper and an envelope labeled "Dr. Wilbur's Laxative Tablets," which contained
25 pink tablets. The labeling, in addition to failure to bear adequate warning
statements, also failed to bear the required ingredient and quantity of contents
statements.
On May 16, 1941, the United States attorney for the Southern District of
New York filed a libel against 5? dozen packages of "Doctor's Daughter" Tablets
at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by Dr. John Wilbur
Daughter Co. from Westerly, R. I., on or about April 16, 1941; and charging that
it was misbranded.
Analyses of samples showed that the white tablets consisted essentially of
calcium carbonate, sodium carbonate, and sodium bicarbonate; and that the pink
. tablets consisted essentially of belladonna alkaloids including atropine, and laxa-
tive plant drugs.
The article was alleged to be misbranded: (1) In that the labeling failed to
bear adequate warnings against use in those pathological conditions or by children
where its use might be dangerous to health, or against unsafe dosage or methods
or duration of administration or application, in such manner and form, as are
necessary for the protection of users, since the labeling did not warn that frequent
or continued use might result in dependence upon laxatives and that the article
should not be taken when suffering from nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, or
other symptoms of appendicitis. (2) In that the carton label did not bear the
common or usual names of the active ingredients nor a statement of the quantity
or proportion of belladonna alkaloids contained in the laxative tablets. (3) In
that the envelope containing the laxative tablets did not bear a statement of the
quantity or proportion of belladonna alkaloids nor did it bear the common or
usual names of all the active ingredients, since "Exl" and "phodophyllui" did
not inform that extract and podophyllum were meant. (4) In that the carton
label did not bear an accurate statement of the quantity of contents, since no
reference was made to the envelope containing the 25 laxative tablets.
On July 3, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.