7-1GU. Misbranding? of Tbe Crossman Mixture. U. S. * * * v. 5 Dozen?
Bottles of Tbe Grossman Mixture. Default decree of condemna??
tion, forfeiture, and destruction.     (P. & D. No. 10473.    I. S. No. 13024-r.
S.  No.  E-1475.)
On May 29, 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 3 dozen bottles of The Crossman Mixture, consigned on?
November 21, 1913, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at?
Worcester, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Wright's?
Indian Vegetable Pill Co., New York, N. Y., and transported from the State of?
New York into the State of Massachusetts, and charging misbranding in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part:?
(Bottle and wrapper) ".The Crossman Mixture Recommended for the treat??
ment of not only the active stages of simple Urethritis and of Gonorrhoea, but?
especially of subacute and chronic conditions, as Gleet;" (circular) "The?
Crossman Mixture For the Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Gleet.    *    *   * "
N. J. 7451-7500.]     SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.	327
Analysis of a sample of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it consisted essentially of volatile and fixed oils and?
oleoresin, including copaiba and cubebs, and alcohol.
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, gleet, and?
their complications, were false and fraudulent in that it 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.