7303. Misbranding of Moreau's Wine of Anise Compound for Children. 
IT. S. * * * v. 13 Dozen Bottles of Moreau's Wine of Anise Com- 
pound for Children. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction. :   (F. & D. No. 10384.    I.  S. No. 13013-r.    S. No; .E-1454.)
On June 2, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Maine, 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 13 
dozen bottles of Moreau's Wine of Anise Compound for Children, consigned by 
the Lafayette Co., Berlin, N. H.-,? remaining unsold in the original imtirbken 
packages at Auburn, Me.', alleging that the article has been shipped on December 
31, 1918, and April 25, 1919, and transported from the State of New Hahipshire 
into the State of Maine, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part, " Moreau's Wine of 
Anise Compound for Children. Contains 8% Alcohol, \ Grain Acetate Mor- 
phine per Ounce    ?    *    *."
Analysis* of a sample of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed it to consist essentially of morphine acetate 0.038 grain per 
fluid ounce, alcohol 6.6 per cent by volume, benzoic acid, oil of anise, sugar, and 
water.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
standard and purity of the article fell below the professed standard and quality 
under which it was sold.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the packages failed 
to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of alcohol and 
morphine, since the quantity named was not a true and correct statement of the 
amount contained therein. Misbranding of the article was alleged for the further 
reason that the statements borne on the package, regarding the curative or 
therapeutic effects thereof, to wit, " Moreau's Wine of Anise Compound For 
Children. This mild, medicated, sweetened wine is given to children in cases 
of Colic, Diarrhcea, Dysentery, Indigestion, Sour Stomach, Vomiting, Cold, 
Cough, Painful Dentition, Irritable, Fretful and Sleepless Children. * * * 
This Wine of Anise Compound aids in calming and procuring sleep in children 
who suffer from Colic, Diarrhcea, Dysentery, Indigestion, Sour Stomach, Vomit- 
ing, Coughs, Cold, Painful Dentition, Loss of Sleep, Nervousness and Irrita- 
bility," were false and fraudulent in that the article contained no ingredient or 
combination of ingredients capable of producing the therapeutic or curative 
effects claimed for it.
On June 18, 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.