S5J>3. Misbranding' of Pabst's Okay Specific. V. S. * * * v. 41 Bottles?
of Pabst's Olsay Specific. Default decree of condemnation, forfei??
ture,  and  destruction.     (F.  &   D.  No.  11506.     I.   S.  No.   17114-r.     S.   No.
E-1841.)
On November 11, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Porto?
Rico, 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 con??
demnation of 41 bottles of Pabst's Okay Specific, remaining in the original un??
broken packages at Ponce, P. R., alleging that the article had been shipped by?
the France & New York Medicine Co., New York, N. Y., on or about September?
20, 1919, and transported from the State of New York into the Island of Porto?
Rico, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as?
amended. The article was labeled in part, "Pabst's O. K. Specific * * *?
Pabst Chemical Co., Chicago, 111."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted essentially of copaiba, cubebs, plant ex??
tractives, oil of peppermint, sugar, alcohol, and water.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded so?
as to deceive and mislead the purchasers thereof in that certain statements?
regarding the curative or therapeutic effects thereof, appearing in the circular?
accompanying the article, falsely and fraudulently represented it to be a?
remedy for gonorrhea and gleet, no matter how long standing, leucorrhea of?
women, commonly called whites, bladder and kidney affections, chronic seminal?
and mucous discharges, chronic gonorrhea, and as a cure for the most serious?
cases of gonorrhea, and the oldest caises of gleet, whereas, in truth and in fact,?
it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing?
the effects claimed.
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BUREAU   OF   CHEMISTRY.	
[Supplement 102,
On August 26, 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 Secretary of Agriculture.