10636.?Misbranding  of Robert J.  Pierce's tansy,  cotton  root, pennyroyal,
and apiol tablets. TJ. S. * * * v. 476 Boxes of * * * Rob??
ert J. Pierce's Tansy, Cotton Root, Pennyroyal, and Apiol Tablets.?
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. Nos. 13363, 13364. I. S. Nos. 10359-t, 10061-t. S. Nos. W-657,?
W-689.)
On August 18, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of California, 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
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and condemnation of 476 boxes of Robert J. Pierce's tansy, cotton root, penny??
royal, and apiol tablets, remaining in the original unbroken packages at San?
Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped from New York,?
N. Y., in part by Samuel G. McOomer & Co., March 16, 1920, and in part by?
Robert J. Pierce, February 7 and March 16, 1920, respectively, and trans??
ported from the State of New York into the State of California, and charging?
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that the tablets contained iron sulphate, aloin, and penny??
royal oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that the following statements appearing in the label of the box con??
taining the said article and in the accompanying circular, (box) " * * *?
Tansy, Cotton Root, Pennyroyal and Apiol Tablets ? * * * A Safe Emmen-?
agogue, Always Reliable And Effective. The Best Known Remedy For The?
Suppression Of The Menstrual Function," (circular) " * * * Tansy, Cot??
ton Root, Pennyroyal and Apiol Tablets * * * The Celebrated Female?
Regulator * * * Delayed Menstruations When the suppression is of?
long standing, * * * take one * * * until four days before the time?
when the menses should appear. * * * immediately preceding the ex??
pected appearance of the menstrual flow, active treatment should begin. Take?
one tablet 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 [period]," were false and fraudulent,?
since the said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients?
capable of producing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed.
On May 9, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,