9675. Misbranding of  Red   Cross   tansy  pills.    TJ.   S.     *     *     *     v.   3  Dozen 
Packages of     *     *     *     Red  Cross  Tansy  Pills.    Default  decree  of 
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 13814.    Inv. 
No. 23247.    S. No. C-2563.)
On October 23, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
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 3 dozen packages of Red Cross tansy pills, at Duluth, Minn., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the Norman Lichty Mfg. Co., 
Des Moines, Iowa, on or about January 30, 1920, and transported from the 
State of Iowa into the State of Minnesota, and charging misbranding in viola- 
tion 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 pills consisted essentially of aloes and ferrous 
sulphate.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effect 
thereof, to wit, (carton) " * * * Relieves Cases of obstructions of long 
standing and the Regulation of Female Complaints," (circular) " * * * 
Sure Relief in cases of obstructions of long standing and the Regulation of all 
Female Complaints * * * safe and sure as a monthly regulator. * * * 
Suppression of menstruation ,* * * The object of this remedy is to relieve 
this  abnormal  condition,  and  long experience  in  its use has  demonstrated
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beyond a doubt its efficacy. * * * no experiment, but an assured success, 
and all who require a remedy of this kind should use Red Cross Tansy Pills. 
* * * For Suppressed Menstruation, For Painful Menstruation, And a Pre- 
ventative For Irregular Menstruation," were false and fraudulent in that the 
said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of 
producing the effects claimed.
On July 22, 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.