7682. Misbranding of acid acetylo-salicylic. TJ. S. * * * v. 1 Can Con- 
taining' 25,000 Taltlets * * * * Acid Acetylo-Salicylie. Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (P. & D. No. 
7448.    I. S. No.  11-375-1.     S. No. C-523.)
On May 18, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of Indiana, 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 
1 can, containing 25,000 tablets of acid acctylo-salicylic, remaining unsold in 
the original unbroken packages at Martinsville, Ind., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by Ben. S. Levin, Los Angeles, Calif., and transported from 
the State of California into the State of Indiana, and charging misbranding in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that the tablets contained no acetylsalicylic acid and consisted 
essentially of milk sugar, starch, mineral matter, and 6.91 per cent acetanilid.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the article was 
Offered for sale and sold as acid acetylo-salicylic, whereas it was an imitation 
of, and contained no acid acetylo-salicylic. Further misbranding of the article 
was alleged for the reason that the article contained acetanilid and failed ,to 
bear a label showing the quantity of acetanilid which it contained.
On December 2Q, 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 article be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.