3. Misbranding   of   Goody's   Headache   Powder.     TJ.   S.   v.   1,524   Envelopes   of
Goody's Headache Powder.     Default decree of condemnation and destruc-
tion.    (F. D. C. No. 211.    Sample No. 45525-D.)
These powders contained potassium bromide, acetanilid, aspirin, and caffeine.
They would be dangerous to health when used in the dosage or with the fre-
quency or duration prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling, which
directed that for headaches and neuralgia one powder be taken, and repeated in
2 hours if necessary, with succeeding doses in 3 or 4 hours if necessary; that
for muscular aches and pains one powder be taken and repeated in 3 or 4
hours as required; that as a sedative for discomfort of headaches due to au-
tomobile and train travel, one powder be taken and repeated in 2 hours if
necessary; that for simple head colds and for reducing simple fever one powder
be taken as soon as symptoms appear, to be repeated in 3 or 4 hours if re-
quired. Its labeling also failed to reveal facts material in the light of the
said directions and similar representations on the envelope, and failed to
reveal facts material with respect to consequences which might result from
use of the article under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling, and
failed to bear adequate warnings against use of the article in those pathological
conditions or by children where its use might be dangerous to health, or against
unsafe dosage or methods or duration of administration, in such manner and
form as are necessary for the protection of users.
On April 4, 1939, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of
South Carolina filed a libel against 1,524 envelopes of Goody's Headache
Powder at Columbia, S. C.; alleging that the article had been shipped in in-
terstate commerce on or about March 1, 1939, by Goody's, Inc., from Winston-
Salem, N. C.; and charging that it was misbranded for the reasons appearing
above.
On May 24, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.