8540. Misbranding of Prescription lOOO Internal. U.S. * * * v. 3 Dozen Bottles of Pre??
scription lOOO Internal. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.   (F. & D. No. 10355,   I. S.']sfo;i'i5734-'r.    S. No. E-1411.)?"?'*'.'?"
On May 21, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia?
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 3 dozen?
bottles of Prescription 1000 Internal, remaining in the original unbroken packages at?
Norfolk, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about February 20, 1919,?
by the Reese Chemical Co., Cleveland, Ohio, and transported from the State.qf Ohio?
into the State of Virginia, 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 alkaline emulsion, of copaiba balsam fla??
vored with methyl salicylate.?
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason.that?
the following statements appearing, on the cartons containing the article and in the?
circulars accompanying it, regarding the. curative and therapeutic effects thereof,?
(carton) "Prescription 1000 Internal is the most efficient treatment for Gleet and?
Gonorrhea * * *," (circular) "* * * For Gonnorrhcea, Gleet, Bladder Troubles,?
Frequent Urination, Inflammation," were false and fraudulent in that the article?
did not contain any ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing?
the effects claimed.
On December 18, 1919, 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, ActingSecretary of Agriculture.