26484. Adulteration and misbranding of Slim. Misbranding of Oorrecol and 
Ilauser Potassium Broth. IT. S. v. 119 Packages of Slim. IT. S. v. 95 
Packages of Correcol and 146 Packages of Hauser Potassium Broth, 
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 37254, 
37255, 37256.    Sample nos. 66101-B, 66102-B, 66103-B.)
These cases involved interstate shipments of Slim, Correcol, and Hauser 
Potassium Broth. Slim was represented on the package as made of herbs 
and fruits and on an accompanying leaflet as containing no drugs and as being 
absolutely harmless, when it consisted essentially of cathartic drugs and it 
was not absolutely harmless; and the package bore a false and fraudulent 
representation regarding the curative or therapeutic effect of the article. Cor- 
recol was represented on the package as a food, when it was not a food, and 
the package bore false and fraudulent representations regarding its curative or 
therapeutic effect The Hauser Potassium Broth was essentially a mixture of 
plant materials containing no greater proportion of potassium than would 
ordinarily be found in such materials, and the package bore a false and 
fraudulent representation regarding the curative or therapeutic effect of the 
article.
On February 26, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 119 packages of 
Slim, 95 packages of Correcol, and 146 packages of Hauser Potassium Broth 
at Boston, Mass., alleging that the articles had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about January 8, January 22, and February 8, 1936, from 
Milwaukee, Wis., by Modern Health Products, Inc.; that Slim was adulterated 
and misbranded; and that the remaining products were misbranded in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act
Analyses showed that Slim consisted of senna (approximately 70 percent), 
orange peel, anise, bladder wrack, buckthorn bark, dried apple, and century 
flowers; that Correcol consisted largely of seeds of Lallemantia royeleana 
(a mucilaginous seed) and a smaller quantity of karaya gum; and that the 
Hauser Potassium Broth consisted essentially of a mixture of ground dried 
plant materials Including seaweed, alfalfa leaves and stems, okra, potato starch, 
beet leaves, and rhubarb leaves.
Slim was alleged to be adulterated in that It contained added deleterious 
Ingredients, namely, senna, bladder wrack, and buckthorn bark, which might 
have rendered the article injurious to health. Said article was alleged to be 
misbranded in that the statement on the package, "A * * * Bever- 
age * * * A scientific blend of choice herbs and * * * fruits", and 
the statement in a leaflet accompanying the package, "Slim contains no drugs 
and is absolutely harmless", were false and misleading since the article con- 
sisted essentially of cathartic drugs and was not absolutely harmless. Said 
article was alleged to be misbranded further In that the statements regarding 
the curative or therapeutic effect of the article, borne upon the package, "Slim", 
"Modern Health Products", "A scientific blend of choice herbs and unsprayed 
fruits which aids in normalizing overweight in a perfectly natural and harm- 
less manner", falsely and fraudulently represented that the article was capable 
of producing the effect claimed.
Correcol was alleged to be misbranded In that the statement on the package, 
"Colon Food", was false and misleading since the article was not a food. Said 
article was alleged to be misbranded further in that the statements regarding 
the curative or therapeutic effect of the article, borne upon the package, 
"Correcol The New Corrective Colon Food", "Modern Health Products", 
"* * * as colonic action becomes more normal take Correcol only twice 
or once each day until entirely normal", and "* * * for the natural correc- 
tion of intestinal sluggishness without the pain of Irritation of artificial laxa- 
tives * * *", falsely and fraudulently represented that the article was not 
an artificial laxative.
Hauser Potassium Broth was alleged to be misbranded in that the designa- 
tion of the article borne upon the package, "Potassium Broth", was false and 
misleading since the article was essentially a mixture of plant materials con- 
taining no greater proportion of potassium than would ordinarily be found 
in plant materials. Said article was alleged to be misbranded further in that 
the statement regarding the curative or therapeutic effect of the article borne 
upon the package, "Modem Mealth Products", falsely and fraudulently repre- 
sented that the article could be depended upon to maintain or restore the health 
of the user.
On June 8,1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and it was ordered that the products be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.