8605. Slis.brandins of Big G. V. S. * * * v. 51 Sozen Bottles of Big- G.?
Default decree of condemnation,'forfeiture, and destruction. (F. &?
D. No.
 10833.    I.  S. No.  15806-r.     S. No. E-1636.)
On July 14, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of Vir??
ginia, 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 condem??
nation of 5f dozen bottles of Big G, remaining unsold in the original packages?
at Lynchburg, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Evans?
Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, on or about November 2, .1918, and transported?
from the State of Ohio into the State of Virginia, and charging misbranding in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in?
part: (Carton) "Big G. * * * A remedy for Catarrh, Hay Fever, and In-?
flammations;, Irritations or Ulcerations of mucous membranes or Linings of the?
Nose, Throat, Stomach and Urifiary Organs';'" (bottle) " * * * Unnatural?
Discharges of the urinary organs * '* * Inflamed, .Ulcerated, Itching condi??
tion of the skin * * *; " (booklet) " * * * Hemorrhoids, Piles * * *?
Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Stricture * * * Folliculitis * * * Gonorrhceal Pros??
tatitis, Spermatorrhoea * * * Gonorrhoeal Cystitis, * * * Balanitis * * *?
Chordee * * * Leucorrhcea * * * Whites * * * Catarrh of the?
Vagina, Gonorrhoea in Women."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted essentially of a dilute solution of borax,?
berberine, and a small amount of plant extractives.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded in?
violation of paragraph 3, section 8 of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, in?
that its carton, bottle label, and booklet bore and contained statements, regard??
ing the curative and therapeutic effects thereof and its ingredients and sub??
stances, which were false and fraudulent.
On January 12, 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.