9447. Misbranding of Allans Compound Extract of Damiana. TI. S. * * * v. 
19 Bottles of Allans Compound Extract of Damiana. Default de- 
cree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.
14586.    I.  S. No. 1654-t.     S. No,  C-2837.)
On or about March 10, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana, 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 19 bottles of Allans Compound Extract of Damiana, re- 
maining in the original unbroken packages at New Iberia, La., alleging that the 
article had been shipped on or about September 1, 1920, by the Allan-Pfeiffer 
Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of Missouri into 
the State of Louisiana, 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 a solution containing essentially 
strychnine, bitter plant extractives, sugar, water, and 15.37 per cent by volume 
of alcohol.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
contained alcohol, and its package failed to bear a statement on the label of 
the quantity or proportion of alcohol. It was alleged in substance in the libel 
that the article was misbranded for the further reason that the following state- 
ments, designs, and devices regarding the curative and therapeutic effect of the 
article, (bottle and carton) "* * * A Tonic For Both Sex * * *," 
(carton) "* * * Nerve and Brain Remedy * * * For Hysteria, Dizzi- 
ness, Convulsions, Nervous Prostration, * * * General Weakness * * * 
In Nervous Debility" (design or device of male figure holding to his lips left 
hand of female figure, with his right arm at her back, his right hand resting 
on her shoulder, holding her right hand), were false and fraudulent since the 
article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of pro- 
ducing the effects claimed.
On April 4, 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.
C. W. PUGSLEY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.