0841. Misbranding of Cadomene tablets. U. S. * * * v. 4 Package* 
of Cadomene Tablets. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (P. & D. No. 14216.    Inv. No. 24837.    S. No. E-3058.)
On January 20, 1921, the United States attorney for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, 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 4 packages of Cadomene tablets, remaining unsold in the origi- 
nal unbroken packages at Wilkes-Barre, Pa'., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the E. J. Barry Co., New York, N. Y., on or about October 14, 1920. 
and transported from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, 
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 depart- 
ment showed that the tablets consisted essentially of zinc phosphide, strych- 
nine, and iron salts.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the following statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effects, 
appearing on the label of the bottle containing the said article and in the accom- 
panying circular, to wit, (bottle) " * * * Invigorating * * * for the 
Treatment of * * * Neurasthenia (Nerve Exhaustion), General Debility, 
Melancholy, Dizziness, Heart Palpitation, Trembling Weakness, Waning 
Strength, Functional Irritation of the Urinary Tract, Languor and many other 
symptoms due to * * * Worry, Grief, Intemperance, Dissipation, Overwork, 
Mal-Nutrition, Convalescence from Influenza, etc. * * *," (circular) 
" * * * the benefits to be derived from their use, are such as to recommend 
them to all who may be afflicted with * * * Neurasthenia, Nervous Exhaus- 
tion, General Debility, Melancholy, Dizziness, Heart Palpitation, Trembling 
Weakness.Waning Strength, Functional Irritation of the Urinary Tract, Lan- 
guor and many other symptoms due to * * * Worry, Grief, Intemperance, 
Dissipation, Mal-Nutrition, Overwork, etc. * * * valuable for those who 
are despondent, nervous, irritable and unable to act naturally under the most 
ordinary circumstances   * ' *    *," were false and fraudulent inasmuch as the
said article contained no ingredient or combination of. ingredients capable of 
producing the effects claimed.
On June 25, 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.