GS.">7. Misbranding of Green Mountain Herb Tea, Sabine's Indian Vegetable?
Tea, and Sabine's Indian Vegetable Cowj?li Balsam. U. S. * * * v.?
Herman C. Lesake and Mary Sabine (A. J. I>enil?e Medicine Co.).?
Flea of guilty as to Herman C. liemlce. Fine, i}>300. Nolle prosequi?
entered as to Mary Sabine. (F. & D. No. 0203. I. S. Nos. 10572-p,?
10573-p, 10574-p.)
On January 27, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
Herman C. Leinke and Mary Sabine, co-partners, trading as the A. J. Lemke?
Medicine Co., Milwaukee^ Wis., alleging shipment by said defendants, in vio??
lation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about September 1, 1917,?
from the State of Wisconsin into the State of Illinois, of quantities of three?
articles, labeled in part, respectively, "Green Mountain Herb Tea," ''Sabine's?
Indian Vegetable Tea," and " Sabine's Indian Vegetable Cough Balsam," which?
were misbranded.
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the Green Mountain Herb Tea and the Indian Vegetable Tea?
to consist essentially of senna, fennel, elder flowers, anise, triticum, sassafras,?
American saffron, coriander, licyrice root, butternut bark, buckthorn, and Epsom?
salts
 and the Indian Vegetable Cough Balsam to consist essentially of sugar,?
tar, resins, traces of alkaloids, chloroform, alcohol, and water, flavored with?
aromatics.
It was alleged in substance in the information that the Green Mountain Herb?
Tea was misbranded for the reason that certain statements appearing on the?
packages falsely and fraudulently represented it as a treatment, remedy, and?
cure for indigestion, liver complaint, dyspepsia, sick headache, kidney com??
plaints, pimples on the face; to purify the blood, to prevent malarial disorders,?
to make new rich, red blood, to strengthen and invigorate; and as a treatment,?
remedy, and cure for the different diseases to which women and children are?
subject, when, in truth and in fact, it was not.
It was alleged in substance that the Indian Vegetable Tea was jmisbranded?
for the reason that certain statements borne on the labels of the packages?
falsely and fraudulently represented it as a treatment, remedy, and cure for?
sick and nervous headache and indigestion; to purge out all foul humors, to?
create new rich blood; and as a cure for all scaly eruptions of the skin, humor in
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the eyes, pimples on the lace, scrofula, salt rheum, tetter, and discharges from?
the ear; and as a treatment, remedy, and cure for the different diseases of?
delicate females and young children, when, in truth and in fact, it was not.
It was alleged in substance that the Indian Vegetable Cough Balsam was?
misbranded for the reason that certain statements borne on the labels of the?
bottles and wrappers falsely and fraudulently represented it as a cure for?
coughs, colds, hoarseness, bronchitis, incipient consumption, whooping cough;?
and as a cure for lung complaints; and as a treatment and remedy for incipient?
consumption, and all throat and lung complaints, when, in truth and in fact, it?
was not.
On February 7, 1010, Herman C. Lemke entered a plea of guilty to the in??
formation, and the court imposed a fine of $300; a nolle prosequi was entered as?
to Mary Sabine.
0. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.