2339. Misbranding of sassafras root bark.    V. S. v. 20 Cartons    *    *    *.    (F. D. C.
No. 21040.   Sample No. 53043-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    September 24,1946, Northern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 30,1946, By C. Lee Tea Co., from Hunt-
ington, W. Va.
PRODUCT: 20 cartons, each containing 25 ?-ounce packages, of sassafras root
bark at Akron, Ohio.
LABEL, IN PART :    "Red Sass-Frass Tea."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements on the
labels of the article and in a circular enclosed with the article were false and
misleading, since they represented and suggested that the article was effective
to maintain health and would be effective in the treatment, prevention, and
cure of ague, colds, scurvy, chronic rheumatism, skin disease, and syphilis.
The article would not be effective for such purposes.
DISPOSITION : December 11, 1947. The C. Lee Tea Co. having filed an answer,
but having failed to appear at the trial of the case, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.