9929.  Misbranding of Savatan.     U.   S.     *     *      *     v. 2 Dozen Boxes  of  Sama- 
ritan.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.
(F. & D. No. 15099.    Inv. No. 31458.    S. No. B-3399.)
On June 28, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 W the seizure 
and condemnation of 2 dozen boxes, more or less, of Savatan, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by S. Pfeiffer Mfg. 
Co., St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about March 
12, 1921, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Penn- 
sylvania, 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 the product consisted of capsules containing a mixture 
of oils, including tansy oil, mint oil, and apiol.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the rea- 
son that the circular accompanying the said article contained the following 
statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects thereof, (directions) 
« * * * Begin by taking one Savatan * * * Four or five days before the 
expected appearance of the menstrual flow * * *," which were false and 
fraudulent in that the said article would not produce the curative or thera- 
peutic effects claimed, and which were applied to the article with a knowledge 
of their falsity for the purpose of defrauding purchasers thereof.
On August 4, 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.