The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-17
VIOLATIONS OF
FOOD AMI. DRUG
LAW DETECTED
BY the Department of AgricuI.
ture and Fines Are Imposed
In Number of Cases.


WASHINGTON. D. c., July 17.-
The United States Department Of Agri-
culture has recently issued large
number Of notices of Judgment involv-
ing shipments of drug products adul-
terated or misbranded in violation Of
the food and drugs act.
False Labels.
A shipment by the William Radam
Microbe Killer Company, New York,
n. Y, from the state of New York into
the state of Minnesota, consisting Of
$50 boxes and 800 cartons of Radam's
Microbe Killer. was alleged to be mis-
branded for the reason that state
ments appearing on the labels of the
packages regarding the curative and
therapeutic effect OF the product were
false and fraudulent. This case was
one Of the first brought by the gov
ernment under the Sherley amend
ment to the food and drugs act, passed
August %, 1912. The purpose of this
amendment Is the more effectual pre-
vention OF interstate traffic in that
class of preparations or patent medi-
cines purporting to be "cure-alls." A
circular accompanying the shipment
represented the medicine as being a
remedy for practically every ailment
to which the human system Is SUBJ
ject.
In this case after Jury had found
for the government, the court ordered
the goods destroyed by the United
States marshal.
disbranding Of Fernet Milano.
A product called "Fernet Milanor
shipped into Michigan by Pasquale
Gargiulo, doing business under the
name and style of p. Gargiulo & Com
pany, New York. n. Y, was alleged
to be misbranded. The product, Of
fered for sale under the name Of an
other we'll known article, Fernet Mi
lano, was merely an imitation and the
label failed to bear a statement Of the
quantity or proportions of alcohol
contained in the article which was
shown to be S3.7 per cent by volume.
The article, furthermore was so label
ed as to create the impression that It
was Of foreign manufacture, when as
matter Of fact 1t was made In the
United States The defendant pleaded
guilty and the court imposed a fine
Of $40.
The William A. Webster Company,
Memphis, Tenn, was charged with the
interstate shipment Of, quantities Of
adulterated and misbranded wine Of
coco-leayes, acetanilid and sodium
bromide compound tablets, ANTI
yomit Tablets" aspirin tablets, cold
tablets, quinine tablets, salol tablets,
and sodium salicylate tablets; and
misbranded bismuth and calomel COM
pound tablets. The company pleaded
guilty and the court imposed q fine
Of so with costs OF 1926.
Other Cases.
The other cases against the same
company, alleged the shipment OF q
quantity Of neuralgic pills, and
diarrhoea calomel pills, which were
adulterated and misbranded In both
instances. The labels stated that the
pills In each shipment contained res
pectively one-twentieth and one-six-
teenth grain Of morphine suiphate,
each. when as a matter OF fact the
morphine content was much less than
represented. In each case the court
imposed fine on the defendant com-
panyl Of so with costs Of $l2,95.
Other cases were as follows:
s OIL Rosemary Flowers and OIL OF
Red Thyme, James B. Hornor, New
York n. " adult ton, sl2b.