57265. Misbranding of GrimaTtlt and Co.'s iBijeetien- U. S. * * * v. -4 
Dosea Bottles of Grimault and Co.'s Injection * * *. Default de- 
cree   of   condeinnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.    (F.   &   D.   No,
10068.    I. S. No. 2160-r.    S. No. W-804.)
On April 22, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District oi 
California, 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 4 dozen bottles of Grimault and Co.'s Injection, remain- 
ing unsold in the original unbroken packages at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging 
that the article had been shipped on or about November 2Z, 1918, by E. Fougera 
& Co., New York, N. Y., and transported from the State of, New York into the 
State of California, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part, " Grimault and Co.'s 
Injection * * * The Matico Plant * * * has been found to have re- 
markable preventive and astringent properties * * * in the treatment of 
chronic and acute discharges from the urethra. Manufactured in the New York 
Laboratories of Dr. Ph. Chapelle."
Analysis of a sample made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this department 
showed that the article consisted of a dilute aqueous solution of copper sul- 
phate and plant extractives, probably matico.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance In the libel for the 
reason that the statement, regarding the therapeutic effects of the article, 
appearing on each and every bottle, as follows, " The Matico Plant has been 
found to have remarkable preventive and astringent properties in the treat- 
ment of chronic and acute discharges from the urethra," was false and fraudu- 
lent in that the article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients 
capable of producing the therapeutic effects claimed for it.
On June 24, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be.destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.