836. Misbranding;  of  Menestrex.     TT.   S.  V.   11  Bottles  of  Menestrex.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 7896.    Sample No.
71562-E.) 
On July 17, 1942, the United States attorney for the Western District of Ken-
tucky filed a libel against il bottles of Menestrex at Paducah, Ky., allegingHEEaF"*
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 22,
1941,?by the Rex Laboratory, from Nashville. T.enn.
Analysis of a sample of the article snowea that it contained 3.43 grains of
quinine, sulfate and 0.35 grain of potassium permanganate per capsule.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that certain statements in the
labeling which represented and suggested that it was an effective treatment for-
painful, scanty, or functionally delayed menstruation and was a scientific prepa-
ration, were false and misleading since it would not be an effective treatment for
such conditions and was not a scientific preparation.
On September 15, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna-
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.