8333. Misbranding of Columbia Short Stop. U. S. * * * v. 11 Dozen Bot??
tles of a Drugr Labeled " Columbia Short Stop." Consent decree ot?
condemnation and forfeiture.    Pre^sei release* on borad.     (F. & I>.
No. 10277.    I.  S. No.  16212-s.    S.  No.  E-1406.)
On or about May 15, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern Dis??
trict of Florida, 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 an article, labeled in part " Columbia?
Short Stop," remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Jackson-
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ville, Fla.,. consigned by the Columbia Drug Co., Savannah, Oa., alleging that the.?
article had been shipped on or about April 2, 1919, and transported from the?
State of Georgia into the State of Florida, and charging misbranding in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted of an emulsion composed essentially of oils of?
sandal wood, copaiba, and turpentine, gum acacia, ethyl nitrite, alcohol and?
water, scented with lavender.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in that certain statements?
regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article, appearing on the?
label on the bottle containing, and on the carton enclosing the article, falsely?
and fraudulently represented the article to be effective for gonorrhea, gleet,?
running range, and inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, whereas, in truth?
and in fact, it was not effective.
On June 4, 1919, the Columbia Drug Co., claimant, having consented to a de??
cree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered?
by the court that the product be released to the claimant upon payment of the?
costs of the proceedings and the filing of a bond, in conformity with section 10?
of the act.
B. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.