4292. Misbranding of uranium ore.   U. S. v. 6,000 Pounds, etc.    (F. D. C. No.
36116.    Sample No. 42770-L.)
LIBEL FILED;   November 20, 1953, Northern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about August 25, 1953, by the Montana American
Uranium Co., from Helena, Mont.
PRODUCT : 6,000 pounds of uranium ore at San Jose, Calif., in possession of Mr.
W. B. Hewson of the Radium Radiation Health Center, together with a number
of leaflets entitled "Radium Radiation Health Center" and a placard desig-
nated "Radium Radiation Health Treatment."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : Tlie above-mentioned leaflets were printed locally
for the consignee for distribution to prospective patients, and the above-men-
tioned placard was on display in the window of the Radium Radiation Health
Center.
The uranium ore was stored in bins lining the walls of a number of cubicles
at the rear of the establishment. Each cubicle was provided with a bench or
cot upon which the patient would lie while undergoing "treatment" provided by
the purported radioactivity of the ore.
Examination showed that the total degree of. radioactivity within the cubicles
was not more than 0.24 milliroentgen per hour.
NATURE OF CHARGE : Misbranding, Section 502 (f) (1), the labeling of the article
failed to bear adequate directions for use since it did not state the disease con-
ditions for which the article was intended, namely, arthritis, rheumatism,
asthma, sinus conditions, lack of sleep, neuritis, skin disorders, bursitis,
swollen joints, and ailments generally, and since the labeling did not, in fact,
bear any directions for use.
DISPOSITION : December 1, 1953. Default decree of condemnation and destruc-
tion.
DRUGS ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF DEVIATION FROM OFFICIAL OR
OWN STANDARDS