8541. Misbranding of Osgoo.ls' Special Capsules. XJ. S. * * * v. 26 Dozen Cartons ol?
Osgoods' Special Capsules. Consent decree of condemnation and forleiture. Prod??
uct released on bond.   (F. & D. No. 11014.   I. S. No.2933-r." S. No. W-446.)
On July 22, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District of California,?
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 26 dozen?
cartons of Osgoods' Special Capsules, remaining in the original unbroken packages at?
Oakland, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped by H. Plan ten & Son,?
Brooklyn, N. Y., May 12, and February 4, 1919, and transported from the State of?
New York into the State of California, 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 of volatile gurjun oil, a phenolic compound, and a sulphurated?
fixed oil.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded in violation?
of section 8, paragraph 3 of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, for the reason that?
it was an article which might be used as a drug, and was labeled in part on the car??
tons, "Osgoods' Special Capsules a valuable remedy for difficult and obstinate cases?
of Gonorrhea, Gleet, Urinary Affections, Inflammation of the bladder and all discharges
*?* * prepared for Osgoods' Drug Stores, Oakland, Cal. * * * a valuable?
remedy for * * * - restoring the healthy condition of the, mucous membranes?
in Gonorrhea and kindred affections of the Urinary Organs. *??--* * in chronic and?
acute Gonorrhea, Gleet, Cystitis, and Inflammation of the Bladder, stopping dis??
charge in a few days   *   *?   *.B'
On November 8, 1919, Osgood-:Bros., Oakland, Calif., claimants^ having consented?
to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered
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by the court that the piuuuiu ?? slivered to said claimant upon .payment of the?
costs of the pmceedings.and the execution of a bond in the sum of $100,. in conformity?
with section 10 of the act.?
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary* ofrAgriciiUure..
8545.