7352. Misbranding of    Pabst's    Okay
22 Bottles of Pabst's Okay Specific. Default decrees of condemna- 
tion, forfeiture, and destruction. '('.F. & D. Nos. 10188, 10189. I. S. 
Nos. 12016-r, 12918-r.     S. Nos. E-1333, 'E-1334.) 
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On May 3 and 6, 1919, the United 'States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district libels of mfprmatioti 
praying the seizure and condemnation of 94 bottles and 22 bottles of Pabst's 
Okay Specific, consigned on January 31, 1919, and April 5, 1919, remaining 
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Pabst Chemical Co., Chicago, Ill., and trans- 
ported from the State of Illinois into the State of Massachusetts, and charg- 
ing .misbranding in violation of the, Food and Drugs Act, as-amended- The 
article was labeled in part:. (Wrapper) " Pabst's O. K. Okay Specific * * * 
for Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Urethritis and Chronic Mucous Discharges * * * 
Causes No Stricture. * * * Absolutely Safe." . (Bottle label) "Pabst's 
O. K. Okay Specific. For Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Urethritis and Chronic Mucous Dis- 
charges." 
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Analysis of a sample of the article made in the Bureau of Ghemistry of this 
department showed that it consisted essentially of copaiba, oil of pennyroyal, 
biichu, arb'utih  (indicating uva ursi or pipsisse'wa), alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in'substance fn the libels of informa- 
tion for the reason that the aboA'e-quoted statements, borne on the wrappers 
and bottle labels, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the article, 
were false and fraudulent in that it did not contain any ingredient or combina- 
tion of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed. Misbranding Was 
alleged in substance for the further reason that the statements contained in a 
circular attached by the United States attorney to the libel and made a part 
thereof were false and fraudulent' in that the article would not produce the 
curative and therapeutic effects claimed in said circular.
On June 23, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
H. D. BALL, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.