S7JU. Misbranding; of Santaloids. V. S. * * * v. 100 Bottles of Santa-?
loids. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.     (F   & D. No. 11313.     I.  S   No. 17063-r.     S. No. E-1740.)
On October 17, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Porto?
Rico, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed iu the District?
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemna??
tion of 100 bottles of Santaloids, remaining in the original unbroken packages?
at San Juan, P. It., alleging that the article had been offered for sale and a?
quantity sold in the Island of Porto Rico, August 28, 1919, and charging cms-?
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was?
labeled in part, " Santaloids * * * Guaranteed by Frederick Stearns &?
Co.    *    *    *    Detroit, Mich., U. S. A."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted of gelatin capsules containing santal oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the following statements, regarding the curative or therapeutic effect there??
of, were false and fraudulent, as the article contained no ingredient or combina??
tion of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed, (circular, Spanish)?
? * * * exercises an astringent influence on the mucous membranes * * *?
is much used by specialists in venereal diseases in the treatment of chronic?
gonorrhea and military gout, to stimulate the debilitated membranes * * *?
for treatment of subacute gonorrhea * * * in chronic inflammation of the?
bladder * * * as well as in incipient or acute bronchitis * * * in??
cipient gonorrhea * ;;- * possesses the property of holding down the pro??
duction of bacilli    *    =:'    V
On September 1, 1920, 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.