0171. Misbx-anrting: of Redsrales. U. S. * * * v. 3 Dozen Boxes of * * * 
Redsules * * *. Consent decree of misbranding-. Product re- 
leased on bond.     (F. & D. No. 10328.    I. S. No. 2599-r.    S. No. W-350.)
On May 14, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, 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 3 dozen boxes of Redsules, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by H. Planter & Son, Brooklyn, N. Y., on April 23, 1919, and trans- 
ported from the State of New York into the State of California, 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 de- 
partment showed that the contents of the capsules consisted essentially of 
balsam of copaiba with a small amount of santal oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the rea- 
son that there appeared upon the carton and in the circular and booklet ac- 
companying the article, the following statements, (carton and circular) "* * * 
For The Treatment Of Diseases - Pertaining To The Kidneys, Bladder And 
Urinary Organs," (booklet) "Gonorrhoea * * * Gleet * * * On the 
first appearance of the discharge, we suggest you take some one of our Cap- 
sules, preferably * * * Redsules. * * * Remember that even after the 
discharge has stopped    *    *    *    the medicine should never be suddenly stopped,
but continued for ten days to ensure thorough healing,. * * * The following 
are a few of the many formulas of Capsules manufactured by us and prescribed. 
by physicians in the treatment of Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Catarrh of the Bladder,. 
Urethritis. * * * ' Redsules'—Our latest specialty * * * Some ex- 
tremely stubborn cases may. be assisted to a more speedy termination by taking 
Redsules,' * * * prescribed in the treatment of Gonorrhoea, Gleet, 
Urethritis, Catarrh of the Bladder," whereas the article contained no ingredient 
or combination of ingredients capable of producing'the curative and therapeutic 
effects claimed for it, and the said statements were false and fraudulent.
On October 11, 1919, H. Planter & Son, Brooklyn, N. Y., claimant, having 
consented to a decree, judgment was entered declaring the product to be mis-; 
branded, and it was ordered by the court that the article, be delivered to said 
claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a 
bond in the sum of $100, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.