80!)li. Misbranding? of Hinkle Capsules. U. S. * * * v. 30 Packages of So-?
Called Hinkle Capsules. Default decree of condemnation, forfei??
ture, and destruction. (P. & D. No. 10017. I. S. No. 6SS3-r. S. No.?
C-1145.)
On April 12, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas,?
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 con??
demnation of 30 packages of so-called Hinkle Capsules, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Atchison, Kans., alleging that the article had?
been shipped on or about November 26, 1918, by the Hinkle Capsule Co., May-?
field, Ky., and transported from the State of Kentucky into the State of Kansas,?
and charging misbranding under the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The?
article was labeled in part, " Hinkle Capsules."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted essentially of powdered cubebs, copaiba, small?
amounts of cannabis indica, pepsin, and probably santal oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects thereof, ap??
pearing on the labels and in the circulars accompanying the article, falsely and?
fraudulently represented the article as effective for the treatment of gonorrhoea,?
gleet, leucorrhoea, and kidney and bladder affections, whereas, in truth and in?
fact, it was not.
On October 13, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, a default?
decree 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.