512. Misbranding of Mineralaid.     U. S. v. 48 Packages of Mineralaid.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 4236.    Sample No.
11250-E.)
On April 7,1941, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Texas
filed a libel against 48 packages of Mineralaid at Houston, Tex., alleging that
the article had been shipped by W. L. Jameson from Denver, Colo., on or about
March 17,1941; and charging that it was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article showed that it consisted essentially of
silicates, small proportions of iron and calcium compounds, sulfates, a trace of
fluorides, and nondescript organic matter.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that statements in the labeling
which represented that it would be efficacious to give the user health; that it
would afford relief in cases of hay fever, asthma, sinus trouble, nervousness,
arthritis, goiter, stomach ulcers, lumbago, anemia, prostate trouble, neuritis,
disorders of the liver, kidney and bladder, cancer, acne, acidity, bronchial affec-
tions, diabetes, rundown conditions, poor hearing, infantile paralysis, stroke,
heart leakage, partial paralysis, varicose veins, pyorrhea, colds, sciatica, rheu-
matism, hemorrhoids, cataracts, old-age ailments, ringworms and athlete's foot,
pregnancy, pneumonia, and angina pectoris; and that it would reduce weight and
correct dietary mineral deficiencies, were false and misleading since it would not
be efficacious for such purposes.
On May 26, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.