G813. Misbranding of Texas Wonder. T7. S. * * * v. 6 Dozen Bottles of?
Texas Wonder. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.     (F. & D.  No.  9285.     I.  S. No.  16057-r.     S.  No.  E-1103.)
On September 3, 1918, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of Georgia, 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
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and condemnation of 6 dozen bottles of Texas Wonder, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Atlanta, Ga., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about August 7, 1918, by E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo., and trans??
ported from the State of Missouri into the State of Georgia, and charging mis??
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article?
was labeled in part: " The Texas Wonder. Contains 43? alcohol before?
diluted, 5? after diluted. For Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Diabetes, Weak?
and Lame Backs, Rheumatism, Dissolves Gravel. Regulates Bladder Trouble?
in Children. One small bottle is two months' treatment. E. W. Hall, sole?
manufacturer, St. Louis, Mo."
Examination of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed it to consist essentially of oleoresin of copaiba, rhubarb,?
turpentine, guaiac, and alcohol.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbrauded for?
the reason that the aforesaid statements regarding the therapeutic, curative,?
and preventive effects thereof, appearing on the label, the bottle, the carton,?
pamphlet, and booklet accompanying the article, falsely and fraudulently repre??
sented it as a remedy, cure, and preventive of kidney and bladder troubles,?
diabetes, weak and lame backs, rheumatism, dissolves gravel, and regulates?
bladder trouble in children, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained no?
ingredient nor combination of ingredients capable of producing the thera??
peutic, curative, and preventive effects claimed for it.
On October 21, 1918, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.