8252. Misbranding of Metnylax Blue Pearls. V. S. * * * v. 28 Dozen Bot-.?
ties of Methylax Blue Pearls. Default decree of condemnation,?
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 10627. I. S. No. 13289-r.?
S. No.  E-1552.)
On June 18, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Pennsylvania, 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 2? dozen bottles of an article, labeled in part " Methylax?
Blue Pearls Pfeiffer Chemical Co. New York St. Louis," remaining in the?
original unbroken packages at Brie, Pa., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about April 16, 1919, by William R. Warner & Co., New York,?
N. Y., and transported from the State of New York into the State of Pennsyl??
vania, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as?
amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that the capsules contained cubebs, methylene blue, and?
probably copaiba and kava-kava.?
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Misbranding of the article was alleged -in substance in the libel for the.?
reason that the following statements appearing on the bottle and wrapper,?
regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the article, were false and?
fraudulent since it did not contain any ingredient or combination of ingredients?
capable of producing the effects claimed: " Methylax Blue Pearls * * * for?
the treatment of gonorrhoea (and its complications) and catarrhal conditions?
of the urinary-tract. Helps to stop mucous discharges. Useful as a urinary?
antiseptic."
On June 25, 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.
B. D. BALI,, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.