5031.  Misbranding of ? Paine's Celery Compound."    U. S.    *     *     *    v. Weils?
& Richardson Co., a corporation.    PJea of nolo contendere.    Fine,
$100.    (F. & D. No. 6620.    I. S. No. 22464-b.)
On May 24, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of Vermont,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district an information against the Wells &?
Richardson Co., a corporation, Burlington, Vt., alleging shipment by said com??
pany, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended, on or about June 10,?
1914, from the State of Vermont into the State of Maryland of a quantity of?
an article labeled in part, " Paine's Celery Compound," which was misbranded
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed the following results:
Alcohol  (per cent by volume)?
18.5
Potassium nitrate (grams per 100 ce)?
   0. 94
Sugar (grams per 100 cc)?
    5.25
Glycerin (grams per 100 cc)?
    3.58
Quinine: Present.?
Berberine: Negative.?
Ginger: Indicated.?
Cascara: Indicated,?
Emodin: Present.
The article is a hydroalcoholic solution, slightly bitter in taste?
and containing potassium nitrate, with calisaya, celery, blackhaw,?
and sarsaparilla   indicated, and the absence of prickly ash and?
mandrake indicated.?
It was alleged, in substance, in the information that the article was mis-?
branded for the reason that statements appearing on its labels falsely and?
fraudulently represented it as a remedy for nervous diseases, neuralgia, rheu??
matism, nervous delibity, dyspepsia, and female complaints, when, in truth and?
in fact, if was not.
On October 3. 1916, the defendant company entered a plea of nolo contendere?
to the information, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
CARL VBOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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