7275. Misbranding of   Rival   Herb   Tablets.   V.   S.   *    *    *   v.   2   Gross    of
Rival Herb Tablets. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 10042.    I. S. No. 13006-r.    S. No. E-1307.)
On April 18, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis-
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trict Court of the United States for said district a libel of information pray- 
ing the seizure and condemnation of 2 gross of Rival Herb Tablets, consigned 
on March 31, 1919, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at 
Falls River, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Rival 
Herb Co., Detroit, Mich., and transported from the State of Michigan into 
the State of Massachusetts, 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 the tablets consisted essentially of aloes and 
podophyllum and unidentified plant extractives.
It was alleged in substance in the libel of information that the article was 
misbranded for the reason "that the statements, to wit, ?" For.-Dyspepsia, * * * 
Liver and Kidney Disorders, Rheumatism, La Grippe, Stomach Trouble, Female 
Complaints, Lame Back, Nervous Affection, Sick Headache, Eczema, Catarrh, 
and all Skin and Blood Diseases * * * A remedy for Diseases arising 
from Bad Blood, Inactive Stomach, Liver or Kidneys," borne on the labels 
of the packages, were false and fraudulent in that the article was incapable 
of producing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed therefor.
On June 2, 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. MAKVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.