8993. Misbranding of Planten's C & C or Black Capsules.   U. S.   *   *   *   v. 41 Packages?
of rianten's C & C or Black Capsules.   JDefault decree ot condemnation, forfeiture,
and destruction.   (F. & D. No. 10600.    I. S. No. 15795-r.    S. No. E-1582.)
On June 21, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District of West?
Virginia, 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 condemnation?
of 41 packages of Planten's C & C or Black Capsules, remaining unsold in the-original?
unbroken packages at Clarksburg, W. Va., alleging that the artiele had been shipped?
on or about December 3, 1918, by H. Planten & Son, Brooklyn, N. Y., and trans??
ported from the State of New York into the State of West Virginia, and charging mis??
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that the contents of the capsules consisted essentially of copaiba balsam,?
c-ubebs, oil of cassia, and turpentine.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for the?
reason that the packages and cartons containing it and the wrappers and booklets?
accompanying the same, contained the following statements, regarding the curative?
and therapeutic effect of said article and of the ingredients and substances contained?
therein, (small-size carton) "For the treatment of Private Diseases of Men," (large-?
size carton) "For the treatment of Diseases pertaining to the Kidneys, Bladder and?
Urinary Organs," (booklet) "* '* * Gonorrhoea or Clap * * * Gleet * * *?
Useful in restoring a healthy condition of the mucous membranes of the genito urinary?
tract * * * For the treatment of chronic and acute gonorrhoea, gleet, urethritis,"?
which said statements were false and fraudulent in that the article- contained no?
substance and no ingredient and no combination of ingredients capable of producing?
the effects claimed.
On October 1, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, an order was?
entered by the court finding the same to be misbranded and directing its destruction?
by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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