22957. Misbranding of R. M. B. Powders. IT. S. v. R. M. B. Laboratories, Inc. 
Plea of guilty. Fine, $150 and costs. (F. & D. no. 31347. Sample no. 
26155-A.)
Examination of the drug preparation involved in this case showed that it 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On February 28, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court an information against the R. M. B. Laboratories, Inc., 
a corporation, Seattle, Wash., alleging shipment by said company in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act as amended, on or about November 28, 1932, 
and February 17, 1933, from the State of Washington into the State of 
Oregon, of a quantity of R. M. B. Powders which were misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this Department showed that it 
consisted essentially of a mixture of bismuth subnitrate and sugar. At the 
trial it was stipulated that the product consisted essentially of bismuth sub- 
nitrate and sugar and might contain proteolytic enzymes.
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
certain statements in a circular shipped with the article falsely and fraudu- 
lently represented that it was effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for 
disturbances of the alimentary tract, stomach trouble, digestive ailments, di- 
gestive ills; effective as a relief for stomach troubles caused by improper 
assimilation of food; effective to assist in the restoration of a normal balance 
between the digestive juices and acid in the stomach and to enable it to 
carry out its major function of preparing the food for further digestion 
in the intestines; effective to assist in a more complete and easier assimila- 
tion of foods and to have control upon the whole process of digestion and 
to eliminate elements common to toxemia (food poisoning) ; and effective 
as a treatment, remedy, and cure for serious stomach trouble, gas, bloating, and 
ulcers of the stomach.
On June 11, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $150 and costs.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.