1734. Misbranding of Laken's 9 Drops Capsules and Liquid.   U. S. v. 22 Combina
tion Packages of Laken's 9 Drops Capsules and Liquid (and 1 seizure
action against another lot of the same products). Default decrees of
condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 18417, 18430. Sample Nos.
4771-H, 4888-H.)
LIBELS FILED : On or about November 27 and December 4, 1945, District of New
Jersey.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about September 5 and October 26, 1945, by the
Marshall Drug Co., from Philadelphia, Pa.
PRODUCT :   22 combination packages of Laken's 9 Drops Capsules and Liquid at
Paulsboro, N. J.; and 21 combination packages of the same products, together
with 6 packages of Laken's 9 Drops Capsules, at Camden, N. J.
Examination showed that the capsules consisted essentially of aspirin,
acetophenetidin, and caffein; and that the liquid consisted essentially of sodium.
salicylate, potassium iodide, water, and a trace of an alkaloid.
NATOBB OP CHABOE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements and the
design of a man in pain appearing in the circular entitled "Facts Everyone
Should Know About," enclosed in the combination packages of the articles,
were false and misleading since they represented and suggested that the arti-
cles would be effective in the treatment of rheumatism, arthritis, backache,
swollen joints, lumbago, neuritis, rheumatic pains, and stiff joints; that they
would be effective as an analgesic to get at the main cause of so-called rheu-
matism ; and that they would be effective in the treatment of the suffering and
discomfort associated with common colds. The articles would not be effective
for those purposes.
DISPOSITION: March 1, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgments of con-
demnation were entered and the products were ordered destroyed.