9033. Misbranding of BB.SCO. U. S. * * * v. 447 Bottles * * * of BRSCO. Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 10814, 10815, 10810. 
I. S. Nos. 7712-r, 7713-r, 7715-r, 7710-r, 7717-r, 7718-r.   S. Nos. C-1343, C-1344, C-1340.)
On July 7, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 
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 447 bottles, 
more or less, of BRSCO, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Kansas City, 
Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped between October 26, 1918, and April 
23, 1919, by the Brscd Medicine Co., a copartnership, composed of E. H. Cook, Edgar 
Briscoe, B. G. Dowell, and J. J. Riner, Nowata, Okla., and transported from the 
State of Oklahoma into the State of Missouri, and charging misbranding in violation
of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended- ¦  The article was labeled in part, "BRSCO 
*   *   *   Prepared by BRSCO MEDICINE CO.    Nowata, Okla."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department 
showed that it consisted essentially of. a mixture of light mineral oil, turpentine, 
water,- creosote, and a;small amount of hypophosphites.
It was -alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for the 
reason that certain statements upon the cartons, containers, and bottles.containing 
the article,, and <certain statements contained-in the circulars accompanying said 
article, regarding the therapeutic or curative effect thereof, falsely and fraudulently 
represented it to be effective for the treatment of tuberculosis in its early stages, 
bronchitis, Spanish influenza, asthma, ordinary coughs and colds, hay fever, and 
la grippe, whereas said article contained no ingredients or combination of ingredients, 
capable of producing the effects claimed for it.
On November 17, 1919, 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.