8350. Misbranding" of Antibriile. U. S. * * * v. 24 Bottles, More or Less,?
of   AiitilnrJiIe.     Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and
destruction.     (I\ & L>. No. 11820.     I. S. No. 12087-r.     S. No. C-1645.)
On December 23, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District?
of Tennessee, 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 24 bottles of Anti'orule, at Memphis, Tenu., alleging that?
the article had been shipped on or about July 2, 1919, by the Crescent Chemical'?
Co., Fort "Worth, Tex., and transported from the State of Texas into the State?
of Tennessee, 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?
department showed that it consisted essentially of an aqueous solution of picric?
acid and a small quantity of picrates.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in that certain state??
ments regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article, appearing on?
the label on the bottle containing the article, representing it to be effective as?
an analgesic, auodine, antiseptic, antipyretic, and as a remedy for croup,?
tonsilitis, carbuncles, gonorrhea, leucorrhea, varicose veins, ulcers, eczema,?
erysipelas, nasal catarrh, and itching piles, were false and fraudulent and?
-Calculated to deceive and mislead the purchaser thereof, since the article con??
tained-no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the?
effects claimed.
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BUREAU   OF   CHEMISTRY.	
[Supplement 98,
On or about June 4, 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 Secretory of Agriculture.