8135. Misbx-aiulins of Bliss Native H?rbs. U. S. * * * v. 13 Dozen Boxes,?
More or I>ess, 50-Ce?t Size, and 12 Dozen. Boxes, More or JL-ess, ijSl?
SiKe, oi" a Product Knowii as Bliss JVatlv.e Herbs, Consent decree?
of condemnation and forfeiture. Product ordered released on?
liond.     (F. & D. No. 11301.    I.' S. No. 7328-r.    S. No. C-1485.)
On September 24, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of In??
diana, 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 a certain quantity of a certain article, labeled in part " Bliss?
Native Herbs," remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Indian??
apolis, Intl., alleging that the article, had been shipped on or about July 30,?
1919, by the Alonzo O. Bliss Medical Co., Washington, D. C, and transported?
from the District of Columbia into the State of Indiana,
and charging mis??
branding in violation of the Food and Drags Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this -de??
partment showed that the article consisted essentially of a mixture of aloes,?
licorice, buchu, uva ursi, capsicum, and a resin-bearing drug.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel in that cer??
tain statements, appearing on the label on the box containing, and in the.circu??
lars accompanying the article, falsely and fraudulently represented the article?
to be effective as a remedy to restrain the growth of harmful bacteria in the?
intestines, preventing intestinal putrefaction and auto-intoxication, for intesti??
nal indigestion, dy.spep.sia, sciatica, lumbago, acute and chronic rheumatic?
pains, dissolving the acids that accumulate in the system, inflammation of the?
bladder, scalding urine and brick-dust sediment, kidney and bladder trouble,?
jaundice, sour stomach, catarrh, to regulate the stomach and bowels and purify?
the blood, for.grippe, influenza or epidemic catarrh, to remove impurities of the?
blood, for piles, malaria, chills, and fever, abscess on the liver, and asthma,?
whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not effective as a remedy for the diseases?
named.?
On May 14, 1920, the Alonzo O. Bliss Medical Co., claimant, having con??
sented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was?
entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be delivered to the?
claimant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the filing of a?
bond, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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