8021. Misbranding of Porose Pills. tl. S. * * * T. 206 Packages of?
* * * Forose Pills. Default decree of condemnation, fox-fei-?
tuj-e, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 13695, 13696, 13697. I. S. Nos.?
5367-t, 5372-t, 5358 -t.    S. Nos. E-2733, E-275-1, E-2755.)
On September 21. 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Maine,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district a libel, and on October 29, 1920, an amended?
libel, praying the seizure and condemnation of 296 packages of Porose Pills, con??
signed by the Lafayette Co., Berlin, N. H., remaining unsold in the original un??
broken packages at Portland, Me., alleging that the article had been shipped?
between June 28, 19] 9, and June 23, 1920, and transported from the State of?
New Hampshire into the State of Maine, and charging misbranding in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part,?
" Porose Pills."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that the contents of the pills consisted essentially of ferrous?
carbonate, mix vomica, a laxative plant drug, arsenic, and unidentified plant?
extractives.
It was alleged in substance in the libel and amended libel that the article?
was misbranded for the reason that the packages bore certain statements re??
garding the curative or therapeutic effect of such article as follows, (box and?
wrapper) " * * * Unequalled for * * * all women's complaints in gen??
eral," (circular) " * * * any * - * complaint [peculiar] particular to?
women * * * delayed or even suppressed periods * * * best of regu??
lating tonics for all women complaints * * * Irregular Periods * * *?
Leucorrhea * * * Womb Troubles Indigestion * * * Sour Stomach?
Dyspepsia Kidney Trouble" (above statements also in French), which said?
statements were false and fraudulent for the reason that the article did not?
contain any ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the?
effects claimed for it.
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On November o, 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.