SXOl. Misbranding of "3 Days " Cure. V. S. * * * v. 40 Bottles and 50?
Bottles of " .'5 Days " Cure. Default decrees of condemnation, foi*-?
feitni-e, and destruction. (F.?& D. Nos. 10343, 10344. I. S. Nos. 15739-r,?
15744-r.     S.   Nos.   E-1413,   E-1414.)
On May 20, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Vir??
ginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and condemna??
tion of a quantity of " 3 Days " Cure, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Richmond, Ya., alleging that the article had been shipped on or?
about October 25, and May 25, 1918, by the " 3 Days " Cure Co., Washington,?
D. C, and transported from the District of Columbia into the State of Virginia,?
and charging .misbranding under the Food, and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analyses of samples of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted of two preparations, a liquid and capsules. The?
liquid was composed essentially of zinc sulphate and boric acid, and the cap??
sules contained powdered cubebs and balsam of copaiba.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in substance 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 that the article was a treatment, remedy, and cure for?
gonorrhoea and gleet, whereas, in truth and fact, it was not.
On 'October 15, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, default?
decrees of condemnation and forfeiture were 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.