9380. Misbranding of Volta Powder. IT. S. * * * v. Charles A. Gianelli 
and Alfred N. Gianelli, trading as Volta Co. Pleas of guilty. Fine, 
$25.     (F. & D. No. 9720.    I. S. Nos. 3825-p, 3887-p.l
On May 9, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of New 
York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against Charles A. 
G.anelli and Alfred N. Gianelli, trading as the Volta Co., Buffalo, N. Y., al- 
leging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
as amended, on or about May 7, 1918, from the State of New York into the 
State of Maryland, and on or about June 10, 1918, from the State of New York 
into the State of Massachusetts, of quantities of an article labeled in part 
" Volta Powder," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it was essentially a mixture of free sulphur, impure 
ferric oxid, and a trace of essential oil.
It was alleged in substance in the information that the article in each ship- 
ment was misbranded for the reason that certain statements, designs, and de- 
vices regarding the therapeutic and curative effects thereof, appearing on the 
labels of the boxes and cartons containing said article, and appearing in the 
circular and folder accompanying the same, falsely and fraudulently repre- 
sented it to be effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for acute, inflamma- 
tory, and chronic rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago (rheumatism of the back), 
gout, all forms of neuralgia, stiff joints, cold feet, swollen feet, swollen ankles, 
swollen hands, swollen knees, swollen arms and limbs, pains in spine and shoul- 
ders, acute and intermittent fever, chills, spinal weakness, insomnia, night 
restlessness, general debility, and effective as a preventive for rheumatism, 
cholera, la grippe, cold, acute fever, and malarial fever, and to improve the 
complexion, when, in truth and in fact, it was not.
On May 17, 1921, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $25.
B. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.