9486. Misbranding of Nervosex tablets.     V.  S.     *     *     *     v.  9 Packages  of
overdose Tablets. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 14496.    I. S. No. 8463-t.     S. No. E-3148.)
On February 29, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of 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 condemrlation of 9 packages of Nervosex tablets, remaining unsold in the 
original unbroken packages at Lynchburg, Va., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the United Laboratories, East St. Louis, Ill., on or about June 
24, 1920, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Virginia, 
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 it consisted essentially of iron, zinc, calcium, phosphates, 
phosphids, and plant extractives, including nux vomica.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the following statements, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects 
thereof, appearing upon the labels, "A compound of Nerve and Muscle Stimu- 
lants for Low Vitality, Lack of Energy, Sexual Weakness * * * "were false 
and fraudulent in that the said article did not contain ingredients with the 
curative and therapeutic effects claimed.
On July 12, 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-