S042. Misbranding of Stopsit. V. S. * * * v. 24 Bottles ami 36 BottJea?
of Stopsit. Defsmlt decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and de??
struction. (1<\ & D. Xos. 12970, 13072. I. S. Nos. 9138-r, 9139-r. S. Nos.?
C-3 998, C-2057.)
On or about June 26 and on July 28,1920, respectively, the United States attor??
ney for the Northern District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of?
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district?
libels for the seizure and condemnation of 24 bottles and 36 bottles of Stopsit,?
at Chicago, 111., alleging that the article had been shipped by O, K. Horner,?
Brazil, Ind., April 17 and January 28, 1920, respectively, and transported?
from the State of Indiana into the State of Illinois, 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 two preparations, a dilute aqueous?
solution of berberine sulphate, and a powder composed of potassium permanga??
nate and potassium sulphate.
It was alleged in substance in the libels that the article was misbranded in?
that certain statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effect thereof,?
(carton) " O. K. Horner's Stopsit * * * Never known to stricture * * *?
safe sure and speedy * * * remedy, for Gonorrhoea and gleet * * *?
remedy is for venereal diseases of men and women * * *," (shipping con??
tainer) "* * * injection for gonorrhoea or gleet * * *," (bottle)?
" * * * injection for Gonorrhoea and Gleet for Leueorrhoea or whites?
* * *," (circular) "* * * Trouble with the prostate gland * * *?
Klienmatic Trouble * * * Trouble of any kind * * *," falsely and?
fraudulently represented it to be effective as a remedy for the several diseases,?
ailments, and afflictions mentioned upon the container, carton, and bottles and?
in the circulars aforesaid, when, in truth and in fact, it was not.
On November 23, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were 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.
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