15S18.  Misbranding- of Norma.    IT. S. v. 3 Dozen Bottles of Norma.    Default?
decree  of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.     (F. & D. No.
22218.    I. S. No. 12324-x.    S. No. 285.)
On December 12, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and?
condemnation of 3 dozen bottles of Norma, remaining unsold in the original?
bottles at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Norma?
Laboratories, Inc., from Albany, N. Y., on or about August 30, 1927, and trans-
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ported from the State of New York into the State of Michigan, and charging?
misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it consisted?
essentially of a soluble phosphate, glycerin, and water, with a small amount of?
plant extractive material and red coloring matter.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow??
ing statements borne in the labeling were false and fraudulent, since the said?
article contained no ingredient or combination of. ingredients.capable of pro??
ducing the effects claimed: (Bottle label) "A medicine containing an ingredient?
recognized by many leading physicians as helpful in the treatment of High Blood?
Pressure;" (circular) " The function of Norma is to aid Nature in its efforts to?
relieve the many sufferers from the distressing and unpleasant symptoms which?
usually accompany and manifest themselvesi in high blood pressure. High Blood?
Pressure is not a disease. It is a symptom of some disorder or abnormal condi??
tion. Sometimes it may be a result of mental worry or strain. Then again it?
may be the consequence of unhygienic living, over and improper feeding, insuffi??
cient physical exercise, accumulation of poisons or toxins in the system, change?
of life or various other causes. To determine the cause an examination by a?
physician is desirable. As Norma does not remove the cause of high blood pres??
sure, it is advisable to discover the cause and use corrective medical or hygienic?
measures while taking Norma. Norma, however, usually reduces high blood?
pressure and thereby relieves dizziness, head pains, nervousness, restlessness,?
sleeplessness, and other discomforts1 and pains accompanying it. Those who know?
they have high blood pressure. Thousands of persons have been told by insur??
ance medical examiners and practicing physicians that they have high blood?
pressure. Such persons usually find great relief with Norma, which reduces most?
forms of high blood pressure promptly and satisfactorily. It thereby tends to?
bring relief from dizziness, head pains, nervousness, sleeplessness, restlessness,?
melancholia, and other distress and ills due to high blood pressure and usually?
enables blood pressure sufferers to go about their daily work and pleasures in,?
comfort.   One bottle often brings wonderful relief."
On January 6, 1928, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.