G770. Misbranding- of Hill's Rheumatic Pills. V. S. * * * v. Harriet W.?
Belden (The H. W. Belden Co.).    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $10.     (F. & D.
No. 9158.     I. S. No. 1317-p.)
On April 1, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district an information against Harriet \Y.?
Belden, trading as The H. W. Belden Co., Minneapolis, Minn., alleging ship??
ment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended,?
on or about June 25, 1917, from the State of Minnesota into the State of New?
York, of a quantity of an article, labeled in part '" Hill's Rheumatic Pills,"?
which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted of vegetable extracts, including aloes, and 5?
per cent of mineral salts. It contained no alkaloids, salicylates, carbonates,?
iodids, bromids, ammonia, or guaiac.
It was alleged in substance in the information that the article was mis??
branded for the reason that certain statements appearing on the labels of the?
boxes falsely and fraudulently represented it as a treatment, remedy, and?
cure for rheumatism, rheumatic pains, sciatica, lumbago, neuralgia, gout, all?
rheumatic affections, all diseases resulting from impure or poisoned blood,?
erysipelas, eczema, salt rheum, or diseases of a syphilitic nature, when, in?
truth and in fact, it was not. It was alleged in substance that the article?
was misbranded for the further reason that certain statements included in?
the circular accompanying the article falsely and fraudulently represented it?
as a treatment, remedy, and cure for all diseases arising from blood troubles,?
Rigg's Diseases, or pyorrhea, when, in truth and in fact, it was not.
On April 3, 1919, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $10.
J. R. RIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.