442. Misbranding of Germania Herb Tea. U. S. v. 1,250 Packages of No. 14 Germania Herb Tea. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 3816, 3S17. Sample Nos. 40253-E, 40254-E.) The label of this product not only failed to bear adequate directions for use; but it contained false and misleading statements regarding its efficacy as an aid in weight reduction and in the treatment of various diseases, and it failed to bear the common or usual name of each of the active ingredients. On February 14, 1941, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania filed a libel against 600 sample packages and 650 retail packages of Germania Herb Tea at Philadelphia. Pn., alleging that it hnd been shipped by the Germania Tea Co. from Minneapolis, Minn., and by Consolidated Drug Trade Products, Inc., from Chicago, 111., on or about January 15 and 22,1941; and charg- ing that it was misbranded. Examination of a sample of the article showed that it consisted of senna leaves?\ (approximately 40 percent) with smaller proportions of other leaves, buds, seeds, stems and flowers including arnica flowers, uva ursi leaves, aniseed, and Cyanus?,- flowers. The article was alleged to be misbranded: (1) In that its labeling failed to bear adequate directions for use, since directions contained in an accompanying booklet entitled "Food," that users drink Germania Herb Tea with meals as needed for a few weeks, were not appropriate for an article of its composition and therefore were not adequate. (2) In that statements in the aforesaid book- let and in a leaflet entitled "Insist on Genuine No. 14 Germania Herb Tea," rep- resenting that its use would give the consumer a normal, healthy, and beautiful figure; that it would be effective for the relief of many body aches and pains ; that it would give regular elimination for a healthy stomach; that it would "be effica- cious in the treatment of stomach-heartburns, sour stomach, belching, vomiting, biliousness, dizzy spells, gas in the stomach and bowels, loss of appetite and restless nights; that by its use one could avoid constipation; that it would be efficacious in the treatment of rheumatic aches and pains; that its use would give the consumer a clear complexion, would stimulate functional kidney action, would aid in weight reduction, and would help promote elimination of wastes through the kidneys and gastro-intestinal organs, were false and misleading since it would not be efficacious for such purposes. (3) In that its label failed to bear the common or usual name of each active ingredient, since the statement on the label, "No. 14 Germania Herb Tea is Composed of T. V. Senna Leaves, Black Tea, Acacia Flowers, Cyani Flowers, Pansy Herb, Uva Ursi Leaves, Arnica Flowers, Blackberry Leaves, Raspberry Leaves, Sweet Violet Leaves, Horse Tail, Elder Flowers, Woodruff Herb, Fennel Seed, Aniseeds and Camomile Flowers," did not indicate which of the plant materials mentioned are physiologically or therapeutically active. On March 8, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed..