9554. Misbranding of Ludlum's specific paste.    IT. S.    *     *     *    v. 101 Dozen
* * * Packages of Ludlum's Specific. Default decree of con- 
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 11541. I. S. No. 
8387-r.    S.  No.   C-1612.)
On December 1, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern D.strict of 
Ohio, 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 con- 
demnation of of dozen packages of Ludlum's specific paste, remaining In the 
original unbroken packages at Cleveland, Ohio, alleging that the article had 
been shipped by C. O. Chestnut & Co., Danville, Ill., on or about February 105 
and March 7 [17], 1919, respectively, and transported from the State of Illinois 
into the State of Ohio, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Circular) " Dr. Lud- 
low Paste for Gonorrhea and Complaints of the Organs oi (feneration. Dr. 
Ludlum's Paste For Gonorrhoea. * * * Generally, from one to three boxes 
is sufficient for cases from one to eight weeks' standing and those of several 
months' standing, one or two more boxes    *    *    * "
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it consisted essentially of cubebs, copaiba, rosin, and 
oil of sassafras.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
above-quoted statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effects were 
false and fraudulent, since the article contained no ingredient or combination 
of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On July 27, 1920, 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.