5404. Botanical Medicine.    (F. D. C. No. 39316.    S. No. 27-771 M.)
QUANTITY:    302    16-oz. btls. and 67    32-oz. btls. at Tampa, Fla., in the posses-
sion of M. M. Moran.
SHIPPED :    Between 3-29-56 and 9-29-56, from Cincinnati, Ohio.
LABEL IN PAST: (Btl.) "Chief Whahoo Brand Botanical Medicine * * *
Active Laxative Ingredients: Buckthorn, Senna, Cascara Sagrada and Aloe.
Inactive Ingredients: Ginger, Calamus, Anise, Licorice, Mandrake, Methyl
Salicylate, Salicylic and Benzoic Acid, Iron and Ammonium Citrate,
Saccharin Soluble, Cassia and Spearmint Oil, Wahoo, Butternut, Uva Ursi,
Sarsaparilla, Colocynth, Buchu, Juniper Berries and Wild Cherry."
ACCOMPANYING LABELING:    Circulars  designated  "Your Digestive  System."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : The circulars were printed locally on order of the
consignee and were used by the consignee, together with oral statements, to
promote the sale of the article.
LIBELED :    8-6-56, S. Dist. Fla.; amended libel on or about 10-30-56.
CHARGE : 502 (a)-the labeling accompanying the article, while held for sale,
contained false and misleading representations that the article was an adequate
and effective treatment for headache, dizziness, sour stomach, coated tongue,
bad breath, skin eruptions, loss of appetite, indigestion, and sickness generally;
and 502 (f) (1)-the labeling of the article failed to bear adequate directions
for use in purifying the blood and removing poisons from the liver, kidneys, ( )
bowels, stomach, and blood stream, which were the conditions and purposes for '. v -
?See also No. 5402.
which the article was intended and for which it was offered orally by the con-
signee to prospective purchasers.
DISPOSITION :    9-12-58.   Default-destruction.