8012.  Misbranding   of   Robert   J.   Pierce's   Empress   Brand   Tansy,   Cotton?
Root,  Pennyroyal,  and  Apiol Tablets.     U.  S.     *      *     *     v.  7 Dozen
Packages * * * Robert J. Pierce's Empress Brand Tansy, Cot??
ton Root, Pennyroyal and Apiol Tablets. Default decree of con??
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 13303. I. S. No.?
7570-t.    S. No. E-2559.)
On August 23, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 7 dozen packages of Robert J. Pierce's Empress Brand Tansy,?
Cotton Root, Pennyroyal and Apiol Tablets, consigned by Robert J. Pierce, Inc.,?
New York, K Y., remaining in the original unbroken packages at Philadelphia,?
Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped and transported from the State?
of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging misbranding in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that the tablets consisted essentially of aloes, ferrous sulphate,?
and pennyroyal.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded for the reason?
that the label and circular accompanying the article contained statements,?
designs, and devices regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of said ai tide?
and the ingredients and substances contained therein which were false and?
fraudulent in that said article would not produce the curative or therapeutic?
effects which purchasers were led to expect by the following statements,?
designs, and devices which were applied to the said article with a knowledge of?
their falsity for the purpose of defrauding purchasers thereof: (Box)?
? * * * Tansy, Cotton Root Pennyroyal and Apiol Tablets A safe emmena-?
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BUREAU   OF   CHEMISTRY.	
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gogue. Always reliable and effective. The best known remedy for the suppres??
sion of the menstrual function;" (circular) "* * * Tansy, Cotton Root,?
Pennyroyal and Apiol Tablets * * * The Celebrated Female Regulator?
=.= * * Delayed Menstruation When the suppression is of long standing?
-:- * *? take one * * * until four days before the time when the menses?
should appear * * * immediately preceding the expected appearance of?
the menstrual flow, active treatment should begin. Take one * * * three?
times daily * * * follow * * instructions * * * until the desired?
result is obtained * * * Irregularities Where the menses are not regular?
* :,: * are invaluable. Take * * ?? before the expected appearance of?
the menstrual flow."
On September 14, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court lhat the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.