S-143. Misbranding- of Prescription 1000 Internal and External. TJ. S.?
* * * v. 26 Bottles of Drugs Labeled in Part, " Prescription 1000?
Internal " and 17 Bottles of Drugs Labeled in Part, f Prescription?
1000 External." Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.    (F. & D. No. 10507.    I. S. Nos. 2638-r, 2639-r.    S. No. W-400.)
On June 18, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Washington, 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 certain articles, labeled in part " Pre??
scription 1000," at Spokane, Wash., consigned by the Reese Chemical Co.,?
Cleveland, Ohio, alleging that the articles had been shipped on or about April?
26, 1919, and transported from the State of Ohio into the State of Washington,?
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that the Prescription 1000 Internal consisted essentially of an?
emulsion of copaiba, with methyl salicylate, and that the Prescription 1000 Ex??
ternal consisted of a dilute solution of potassium permanganate.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel in that cer??
tain statements appeared in the circular accompanying, on the cartons enclos??
ing, and on the bottles containing the articles, regarding their curative or thera??
peutic effects as a remedy for gleet, gonorrhea, bladder troubles, frequent urina??
tion and inflammation, which statements were false and fraudulent in that the?
drugs did not contain any ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of?
curing the diseases named.
On September 25, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment 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 Secretary of Agriculture.