S10G. Misbrandingof Big- G. U.S. * * * v. 1? Dozen Bottles ?/ a Product?
Labeled in Part " Big-. G A Couipound of Borated Goldenseal."?
Judgment   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destx-nction.     (F.   &  D.
No.  11018.    I. S. No. 10544-r.     S. No. E-1658.)
On July 24, 1919, the United States attorney for tlie Southern District of?
Georgia, 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 a certain quantity of a certain article, labeled in part "Big?
G," remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Macon, Ga., alleg??
ing that the article had been shipped on or about June 16, 1919, by the Evans?
Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, and transported from the State of Ohio into?
the State of Georgia, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of Use article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted of an aqueous solution of borax and berberine.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel in that cer??
tain statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article, ap??
pearing on the labels on the bottles containing, on the carton enclosing, and in?
the circular accompanying the article, falsely and fraudulently represented the.?
article to be effective as a remedy for catarrh, hay fever, and inflammatory?
ulcerations of mucous membranes or linings of the nose, throat, stomach, and?
urinary organs, a treatment for unnatural'discharges of the urinary organs,?
catarrh, hay fever, and inflamed, ulcerated, itching conditions of the skin and?
mucous membranes or linings of the mouth, nose, throat, eyes and ears, inflam??
mation of the eye, cystit's, gastritis, catarrh of the stomach, hemorrhoids, piles,?
throat troubles, gonorrhoea, gleet, chronic gonorrhoea, stricture, folliculitis, gon??
orrhoea!, prostatitis, bubo, gonorrhoea! cystitis, leucorrhoea, whites, catarrh of?
the vagina, gonorrhoea in women, and other venereal diseases, whereas, in truth?
and in fact, the article was not effective.
On May 3, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 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.