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Show WOULD PROHIBIT UNTRUTHFUL LABELS WASHINGTON. June SC. Repreeenta-live Repreeenta-live aherley-of Kentucky today Introduced Intro-duced an amendment to the pure food and drugs act providing that false and misleading statementa as to the curative value of a medicinal preparation on patent pat-ent medicine labels be prohibited. The hill Is designed to strengthen the law following fol-lowing the recent decision by the supreme court of the United Btstes In the John-eon John-eon case. In wblcJ) It waa held that patent pat-ent medicines were "mlsbranded only when misleading or fslse statements were made on the labsla aa to the quality, qual-ity, quantity or purity ef the Ingredients. The bill." Mr. Sherley said, "la intended in-tended to make the pure food law embrace em-brace those ceeea of Interstate shipments of worthless medicines end drugs fraudulently fraudu-lently held out to the public aa poaaeee-Ina poaaeee-Ina curative properties." The amendment adds a new paragraph defining ee mlabranded druae, packages or labela bearing any etatemenf. design or device regarding the curtlve or tbere- Kutlr effect of such articles which may falee or fraudulent. |