7451. Misbranding of The Grossman Mixture. TJ. S. * * * v. 1 Dozen?
Bottles of Crossman Mixture. Default decree of condemnation,?
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 10429. I. S. No. 12934-r.?
S. No. E-1443.)
On May 23, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district a libel of information praying the?
seizure and condemnation of 1 dozen bottles of The Crossman Mixture, con??
signed on January 25, 1919, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages?
at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Wright's?
Indian Vegetable Pill Co., New York, N. Y., and transported from the &tate?
of New York into the State of Massachusetts, and charging misbranding in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled?
in part: (Bottle and wrapper) "The Crossman Mixture Recommended for?
the treatment, not only of the active stages of simple Urethritis and of?
Gonorrhoea, but especially of sub-acute and chronic conditions, as Gleet; "?
(circular) " The Crossman Mixture for the treatment of Gonorrhoea and?
Gleet   *   *   *."
Analysis of a sample of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it consisted essentially of an alcoholic solution of?
volatile oils, copaiba, and camphor.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel of information?
for the reason that certain statements appearing on the bottle and wrapper,?
and included in the circular accompanying the article, regarding the curative?
and therapeutic effects thereof for the treatment of urethritis, gonorrhoea,?
and gleet, and their complications, were false and fraudulent in that the article?
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contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the?
effects claimed for it.
On September 5, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment 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.