NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2578.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
IT. S. v. Allaire, Woodward  & Co.   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $10  and costs.
MISBRANDING OF HEADACHE TABLETS.
On July 22, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Southern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said dis- 
trict an information against Allaire, Woodward & Co. (Inc.), Peoria, 
111., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, on October 20, 1911, from the State of Illinois into the 
State of Washington, of a quantity of headache tablets which were 
misbranded. The product was labeled: " Headache Tablets Con- 
tains Acetanilid 3 grains Never fail to help all kinds of headache. 
Belief prompt and pleasant. Produce no nausea. . . . Directions 
for use. Dose one tablet, Repeat the dose once an hour until re- 
lieved 
Peoria Pharmacal Co., Peoria, Ill."
Analysis of a sample of the product made by the Bureau of Chem- 
istry of this Department showed the following results: 50 tablets 
weighed 13.957 grams; (1) acetanilide, 60.36 per cent; caffein, 5.59 
per cent. (2) Acetanilide, 60.09 per cent; caffein, 5.49 per cent. 
Acetanilid per average tablet, 2.594 grains; caffein per average 
tablet, 0.234 grain; shortage of acetanilide, 13.5 per cent. Misbrand- 
ing of the product was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statement on the container of the product concerning the 
ingredients contained therein, to wit, the words " contains acetanilide 
3 grains," was false and misleading in that it was intended to lead 
the purchaser to believe that each tablet contained 3 grains of 
acetanilide, when in truth and in fact each tablet did not contain 3 
grains of acetanilide but contained, to wit, 2.594 grains per tablet. 
Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the quantity or 
proportion of acetanilid was improperly declared upon the label, 
inasmuch as the statement " contains acetanilide 3 grains," contained 
on the label failed to indicate the quantity or proportion of acetanilide
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per ounce as required by Regulation No. 30 of the Rules and Regu- 
lations for the Enforcement of the Food and Drugs Act. Misbrand- 
ing was alleged for the further reason that the statement on the label 
of the product, to wit, " contains acetanilide 3 grains " relating to the 
quantity or proportion of acetanilide contained therein was incon- 
spicuously declared on the label in type smaller than 8 point brevier 
capitals, contrary to Regulation IT, paragraph c, of said rules and 
regulations.
On April 23, 1913, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty 
to the information and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 11, 1913.
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