9774. Misbranding of   Winslow's   sarsaparilla   compound.     U.    S.     *      *      *
v. 3J G-ozs Bottles of Winslow's Sarsaparilla Compound. Consent 
decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.      (F.   &   D.   Nos,   13397,   13507.     I.   S.   No.   9081-t.     Inv.   No.   25151.
S. Nos. E-2524, E-2558.)
On August 20, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
South Carolina, acting upon reports 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 3| gross bottles of Winslow's sarsaparilla compound, at 
Spartanburg, S. C, alleging that the article had been shipped by the Howard 
Drug and Medicine Co., Baltimore, Md., one dozen on or about March 27, 1920, 
and the remainder in two shipments on or about the respective dates April 3 
and May 25, 1920, and transported from the State of Maryland into the State 
of South Carolina, 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 extract of plant material, in- 
cluding sarsaparilla, potassium iodid, glycerin, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the rea- 
son that the bottles and cartons containing the same bore certain statements 
regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said article and the in- 
gredients or substances contained therein, to wit, (bottle) "?* * * A Re- 
liable Remedy For Scrofula, Chronic Ulcers, Cancerous Ulcers, Necrosis, Dis- 
eases of the Bones, Syphilitic Affection, Rheumatism, Female Weakness, 
Dyspepsia, Pimples and all Skin Diseases and the many Diseases arising from 
an Impure State of the Blood," (carton) " For Scrofula, Chronic Ulcers, Can- 
cerous Ulcers, Necrosis, Diseases of the Bones, Syphilitic Affections, Rheuma- 
tism, Dyspepsia, Pimples, and all Skin Diseases and the many Diseases aris- 
ing from an impure State of the Blood," which were false and fraudulent in 
that the said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients 
capable of producing the effects claimed.
On November 29, 1920, the Howard Drug and Medicine Co., Baltimore, Md., 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation and 
forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and 
the execution of a good and sufficient bond, in conformity with section 10 of 
the act.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.