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alphabetical order to assist the reader in rinding his pet ailment. The Food and 

 Drug Administration has issued notices of judgment against the following kelp 

 or sea weed products for false therapeutic claims: 



Hauser's Potassium Broth 25 



Kelp-A-Malt (N.J. 22338) 



Kelfood (N.J. 22601) 



Parkelp (N.J. 20911) 



Seavigor (N.J. 24085) 



Vegetrate (N.J. 23260 and 25574) 



7. EXTRAVAGANT MINERAL CLAIMS 



It is entertaining and enlightening to review a few of the extravagant claims 

 which have been made for some of these so-called mineral foods. They claim 

 to "banish all acid condition of the stomach," "purify the blood," "aid 

 elimination," "restore every gland and organ in the body to perfect func- 

 tioning," " remineralize your body." Usually exorbitant prices are charged 

 for a cheap mixture of minerals, dried alfalfa, grains, etc., with numerous 

 false or misleading therapeutic claims. One company gives an alphabetical 

 list of over 200 diseases and conditions all of which may be relieved or cured 

 by one of their 12 mineral foods. 



Notices of judgment have been published against Burbank Tea (N.J. 21199 

 and Nature's Mineral Food (N.J. 25091); and other similar products 2 *' 27> 28 

 have been severely censured by the American Medical Association. 



l « Radio Service. U.S.D.A. April 13, 1936. 



21 Bur. Inv. J. A.M. A. 103, 1325, 1934. 



»' Committee on Foods. J. A.M. A. 101, 219, 1935. 



'• Bur. Inv. J. A.M. A. 10i, 335, 1935. 



