0227.  Adulteration  and   Misbranding of  Big'   G.     IT.   S.      *      *      *     v.   27  Bot- 
tles   of   Drug's.     Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and
destruction.     (F. & 1). No. 10754.    I. S. No. 18204-r.     S. No. E-1611.)
On July 16, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Vermont, 
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 
27 bottles of drugs, labeled in part " Big G," remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Burlington, Vt., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Evans Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, on or about November 7, 1918, and trans- 
ported from the State of Ohio into the State of Vermont, and charging adultera- 
tion and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The 
article was labeled in part. (Carton, English and Spanish) "Big G A compound 
of Borated Goldenseal A remedy for Catarrh, Hay Fever, and Inflammations, 
Irritations or Ulcerations of mucous membranes or Linings of the Nose, Throat, 
Stomach and Urinary Organs;" (bottle) "Big G * * * A Treatment For 
Unnatural Discharges of the urinary Organs, Catarrh, Hay Fever and Inflamed, 
Ulcerated, Itching conditions of the skin and mucous membrane or linings of 
the Mouth, Nose, Throat, Eye and Ear."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it consisted essentially of an aqueous solution of borax and 
berberine.    No hydrastine was present.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that its strength and purity fell below the professed standard and quality under 
which it was sold in that it contained no borated goldenseal.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the above-quoted 
statements, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the article and the 
ingredients and substances composing the same, were false and fraudulent, since 
the article did not contain any ingredient or combination of ingredients capable 
of producing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed for it, nor was the 
article a remedy or a cure or a treatment for any of the ills mentioned on the 
labels of the bottles and cartons.
On January 6, 1921, 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. 
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