7457. Misbranding of Santal Midy. U. S. * * * v. 24 Bottles * * *?
Santal Midy. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de??
struction.    (F. & D. No. 10678.    I. S. No. 6985-r.    S. No. C-1326.)
On. July 14, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Wisconsin, 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 24 bottles of Santal Midy, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at Milwaukee, Wis., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about May 27, 1919, by E. Fougera & Co., New York, N. Y., and?
transported from the State of New York into the State of Wisconsin, and?
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.?
The article was labeled in part: (On bottle) "Santal Midy Capsules * * *?
Sandal-Wood Oil Distilled by Midy's Process Bottled in the New York Labora??
tories of Dr. Ph. Chapelle * * * L. Midy, Pharmacien De lre Classe Depot?
Dans Les Principales Pharmacies Dr. Ph. Chapelle Ancienrie Maison Grimault &?
Cie, 8 rue Vivienne, Paris. * * *;" (in circular) "Santal Midy * * *?
Essential oil of Sandalwood * ?* * in the treatment of gonorrhoea, gleet?
and discharges from the urinary organs    *    *    *."
Analysis of a sample of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it consisted of santal oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the labels on the bottles containing it and the circulars wrapped about and?
enclosing the bottles bore certain statements regarding the therapeutic or?
curative effects of the article for the treatment of gonorrhoea, gleet, discharges?
from the urinary organs, inflammation of the bladder, suppurative nephritis,?
catarrh of the bladder, vesical catarrh of old age, and certain other diseases,?
that the product consisted of santal oil, and that said statements were false?
and fraudulent in that the article did not contain any ingredients or combination?
of ingredients capable of producing the results or effects claimed for it.
On August 6, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation 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.