7042.  Adulteration a/ml misbranding of Big G.    TJ. S.   *    *    *   v. 43 Bottles 
*    rt    *    Bisr   G.    Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 10418.     I. S. No. 7896-r.     S. No. C-1242.)
On May 22, 3919, 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 42 bottles, more or less, of Big G, remaining unsold in the original unbroken 
packages at Indianapolis, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped on 
or about December 19, 3917, by tlie Evans Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, and 
transported from the State of Ohio into the State of Indiana, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as 
amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it consisted essentially of a dilute aqueous solution 
of borax and berberine.   No hydrastine was present.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel in that its strength aud. 
purity fell below the standard and quality under which it was sold.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel in that certain 
statements in English and foreign languages, on the carton enclosing, in the book- 
lets accompanying, and on the label on the bottle containing the article, regard- 
ing its curative or therapeutic effects, to wit, "The Evans Chemical Company 
Cincinnati Ohio U. S. A. Big 6 A Nonpoisonous Tonic * * A Treatment 
For Unnatural Discharges of the urinary organs,  Catarrh, Hay Fever and
Inflamed, Ulcerated, Itching conditions of the skin and mucous membrane or 
linings of the Mouth, Nose, Throat, Eye and Ear," " Catarrh Chronic, of the 
Head * * * Inflammation of the Eye * * * Cystitis Gastritis-Catarrh, 
of the Stomach * * :;' Haemorrhoids-Piles * !'! * Hay Fever * * * 
Throat Troubles * * " Gonorrhoea Gleet ? * ::' Chronic Gonorrhoea 
'' * * Stricture * -:= -: Folliculitis '?' ;: :: Gonorrhoeal Prostatis 
ft * * Spermatorrhoea * * * Bubo * * >:' Gonorrhoeal Cystitis * * * 
' "* * Leucorrhoea-Whites-Catarrh of the Vagina * * * Gonorrhoea 
in Women * * *" (equivalent statements in Spanish, French, and Ger- 
man) "Big G A compound of Borated Goldenseal The remedy for Catarrh, 
liny Fever, and Inflammations, Irritations or Ulcerations of mucous mem- 
branes or Linings of the Nose, Throat, Stomach and Urinary Organs" (same 
statements in French, Spanish, and German) "A Treatise on Diseases of 
Mucous Membranes * * * Catarrh * * * Conjunctivitis, * * * 
Coryza * * * Cystitis * * * Gastritis ?= * * Haemorrhoids * * * 
Hay Fever * * * Throat Troubles * * * Gonorrhoea * * '" Gleet 
v * * Folliculitis * * *," and certain other diseases and ailments, were 
false and misleading in that the above statements were false and fraudulent in 
that the article did not contain any ingredient or combination of ingredients 
capable of producing the results claimed for the article.
On January 2, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
twirt that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALT,, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.