7377. Misbranding of   Pabst's   Oltay   Specific.      TJ. S.    *    *    *   v.   5J   Dozen
Bottles of Pabst's ?Stay Specific. Default decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 10260. I. S. No. 15701-r. 
S. No. E-1367.)
On May 7. 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, act- 
ing upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, fileol in the District Court of 
the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 5| 
dozen bottles of Pabst's Okay Specific, consigned on April 15, 1919, remain- 
ing unsold in the original unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Pabst Okay Chemical Co., Chicago, Ill., and 
transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Maryland, and charging 
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article in the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed it to be a hydrbalcoholic solution of plant extractives with 
cubebs, copaiba, and buchu indicated.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that the statements appearing on the bottle label, wrapper, and circular 
accompanying the article, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects thereof, 
to wit, " Pabst's O. K. Okay Specific * * * highly recommended in the treatment 
of Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Urethritis and Chronic Mucous Discharges. Pabst's O. K. 
Okay Specific * * * highly recommended in the treatment of Gonorrhoea, Gleet, 
Urethritis and Chronic Mucous Discharges * * * Causes No Strictures. 
Absolutely Safe," were false and fraudulent in that the article did not contain 
any ingredients or combination of ingredients capable of producing the. effects 
claimed for it.
On June 11, 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.
E. D. BALL, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.