7500.   Misbranding-   of   H.   G.   C.      V.   S.    *    *    *    v.   2U7   Bottles   of   H.   G.   C.?
Consent decree  of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.      (F.
& D. No. 10639.    I. S. No. 7671-r.    S. No. C-1308.)
On June 23, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Oklahoma, 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 237 bottles of H. G. C, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at Oklahoma City, Okla., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about October 18, 1918, by the Acme Chemical Mfg. Co., New?
Orleans, La., and transported from the State of Louisiana into the State of?
Oklahoma, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Carton) " H. G. C. A Safe?
and Non Poisonous Injection for Gonorrhoea and Gleet in either sex. Non?
Injurious Injection for Gonorrhoea and Gleet for Male and Female;" (bottle)?
" H. G. C. A Non Poisonous Injection for Gonorrhoea and Gleet Take no sub??
stitutes. H G G does not cause pain or injury. For male and female; " (cir??
cular) " Directions for using H. G. C. for Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Leucorrhoea or?
Whites. * * * Directions for using H. G. C. for Catarrhal Conditions:?
Coryza, Nasal Catarrh, Cold in the Head, Chronic Catarrh of the Head * * *?
Conjunctivitis, Catarrh of the Mucous Membrane Covering the Inner Surface of?
the Eyelids * * * Cystitis, Inflammation of the Bladder * * * Hem??
orrhoids, Piles * * *. For ulcers and open sores it has antiseptic and heal??
ing qualities    *    *    *.''    (Similar statements in Spanish.)
Analysis of samples of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it consisted of an aqueous solution containing borax?
and berberine, and, in a small envelope, magnesium sulphate.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that the foregoing statements, borne on the packages, cartons, and?
labels, and included in the circular accompanying the article, regarding the
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curative and therapeutic effects thereof and of the ingredients and substances?
contained therein, were false and fraudulent in that the article contained no?
ingredients or combination of ingredients capable of producing the curative and?
therapeutic effects claimed for it.
On October 16, 1919, the Alexander Drug Co., Oklahoma City, Okla., hav??
ing filed an answer to the libel, and no claimant having appeared for the prop??
erty, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered?
by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal with??
out costs to said Alexander Drug Co.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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