1003T. Misbranding of Gold Medal compound pills. U. S. * * * v. 31?
Boxes of Gold Medal Compound Pills. Default decree of condem??
nation, forfeitnre, and destrnction. (F. & D. No. 14992. I. S. No.?
187-t.    S. No. 0-3163.)
On August 20, 1921, the United States attorney for the Southern District?
of Illinois, 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 31 boxes of Gold Medal compound pills, remaining in the?
original packages at Springfield, 111., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by the G. P. Steyh Importing Co., St. Louis, Mo., May 20, 1921, and?
transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Illinois, 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?
department showed that it consisted of sugar-coated pills containing aloes,?
iron sulphate, and pennyroyal oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the following statements appearing in the circular accompanying the said?
article, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects thereof, to wit, " Gold?
Medal Compound Pills. Begin by taking one Pill before each meal * * *?
Four or five days before the expected appearance of the menstrual flow, drink?
freely * * * of hot ginger tea * * * in cases of suppressed menstru??
ation," were false and fraudulent in that the said article contained no in??
gredient or ingredients capable of producing such effects.
On September 29, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment 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.