7158. Misbranding of Rival Herb Tablets. TJ. S. * * * v. 144 Boxes of 
Rival Herb Tablets. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 9762.    I. S. No. 5624-r.     S. No. C-1073.)
On February 26, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, 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 144 boxes of Rival Flerb Tablets, at Chicago, Ill., alleging that 
the article had been shipped on January 21, 1919, by the Rival Herb Co., 
Detroit, Mich., and transported from the State of Michigan into the State of 
Illinois, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as 
amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it consisted essentially of aloes, podophyllum resins, 
capsicum, buchu, and plant extractives, in the form of tablets coated with cal- 
cium carbonate and sugar.
Misbranding of the article Avas alleged for the reason that the statement 
borne on the labels, to wit, " Rival Herb Tablets Chocolate Coated," was false 
and misleading in that it led the purchaser to believe that the article was 
chocolate coated, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not chocolate coated. It 
was alleged in substance that the article was misbranded for the further reason 
that certain statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effect of the article, 
appearing on the carton and in the circular inclosed in the carton, falsely and 
fraudulently represented the article as a remedy for dyspepsia, liver and kidney 
disorder, rheumatism, la grippe, stomach trouble, female complaints, lame back, 
nervous affection, sick headache, eczema, catarrh, all skin and blood diseases, 
diseases arising from bad blood, inactive stomach, liver or kidneys, derange- 
ments of the digestive organs, torpidity of the liver, constipation, weakened 
action of the kidneys or skin, defective and impure blood supply, loss of nervous 
energy, and all diseases dependent upon malnutrition, deranged secretion and 
excretion, bad breath, biliousness, bad circulation, gout, influenza, nervous pros- 
tration, neuralgia, neurasthenia, or any other nervous disorder, scrofula, ulcers, 
glandular swellings, black heads, pimples, salt-rheum, itching and sores, Bright's 
disease, backache, painful, profuse and suppressed menstruation, bloating and 
spinal tenderness, pains in the groins and abdomen, congestion and inflamma- 
tion of the womb and ovaries, etc., for painless childbirth and prompt recovery 
after delivery, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not.
On June 30, 1919, 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.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.