5620. Adulteration and misbranding of tablets acid acetylo salicylic. 
U. S. * * * v. 1 Case of * * * Compressed Tablets, Acid 
Acetylo Salicylic. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 7092.    I. S. No. 10527-1.    S. No. C-400.)
On December 3, 1915, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
oi Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 1 case containing 7 cartons, each containing 1,000 tablets acid 
acetylo salicylic, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Jeffer- 
son, Iowa, alleging that the article had been shipped on or about November 23, 
1915, by the Medlin Brokerage Co., Omaha, Nebr., and transported from the 
State of Nebraska into the State of Iowa, and charging adulteration and mis- 
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the statement, to w7it, " 1000 
Compressed Tablets, Acid Acetylo-Salicylic," borne on the cartons containing 
the article, was false and fraudulent in that the tablets contained little or no 
aspirin but showed the presence of acetanilid, the said tablets being adulter- 
ated in violation of section 7, paragraph 2, and also misbranded in violation of 
section 8, first general paragraph, and paragraphs 1 and 2 under drugs.
On December 11, 1916, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
O. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.