677. Misbranding; of Crawford's Ridia. U. S. v. 20 Bottles of Crawford's Ridia. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 3826. Sample No. 55743-E.) The labeling of this product bore false and misleading representations regarding ( its efficacy in the treatment of diabetes. On February 20, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon < filed a libel against 20 bottles of Crawford's Ridia at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about January 10,1941, by Crawford Foods, Inc., from San Jose, Calif.; and charging that it was misbranded. Analysis of a sample of the article showed that it consisted essentially of alfalfa with smaller proportions of mint. It was alleged to be misbranded in that representations in an accompanying circular entitled "Health Chronicle" that it was a substitute for the secretions of the pancreas and would be efficacious for the relief of suffering diabetics; that each tablet contained a potency equal to 2 insulin units; that by its use insulin sickness would vanish; that insulin stiffness or muscular pains that grow on the patient after a prolonged use of insulin would slowly leave the body; that the blurred vision and partial blindness induced by insulin would gradually be cleared; and that it was a natural remedy and health food adjuvant, were false and mis- leading since it would not be efficacious for such purposes. It was also alleged to be misbranded under the provisions of the law applicable to foods, as reported in F. N. J. No. 2823. - ' On April 17, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of " condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.