9696. Misbranding of pleura Syrup of Tar and Cod Liver Extract.     U. S.
*      *     *    'v. Philias E. LeSieu* (The Ocean Mills Co.).     Plea of nolo
contendere.     Fine, $25.     (F. & D. No. 12885.     I. S. No. 12891-r.)
On "October 26, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against Philias E. 
Lever, trading as the Ocean Mills Co., Boston, Mass., alleging shipment by 
said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or 
about July 29, 1919, from the State of Massachusetts into the State of New 
Hampshire, of a quantity of Legend Syrup of Tar and Cod Liver Extract 
which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it contained alcohol, by volume 1.92 per cent, chloroform, 2.45 
minims per fluid ounce, menthol, oil of tar, ammonium salts, sugar, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the information for 
the reason that certain statements, designs, and devices regarding the thera- 
peutic and curative effects thereof, appearing on the labels of the bottles con- 
taining the said article and in the accompanying wrappers, falsely and fraudu- 
lently represented it to be effective as a preventative, treatment, remedy, and 
cure for bronchitis, catarrh, whooping cough, croup, asthma, consumption at its 
first stage, and all diseases of the respiratory organs, when, in truth and in 
fact, it was not.
On November 10, 1920, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere to the 
information, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.