10153.?Misbranding   of   Hall's   catarrh   medicine.    U.    S.     *     *      *     v.   One
/ Gross  Bottles     *     *      *     Hall's   Catarrh  Medicine.     Default  decree
of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.     (F.  &  D.   No.   14068.?
Inv. No. 21078.     S. No. E-2938.)
On or about December 10, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern?
District of Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed?
in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel, and sub??
sequently, an amendment to the said libel, praying the seizure and condemnation?
of one gross bottles of Hall's catarrh medicine, remaining unsold in the?
original packages at Savannah, Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped?
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, October 11, 1920, and transported from the?
State of Ohio into the State of Georgia, 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 potassium iodid, bitter plant?
extractives, sugar, alcohol, and water, flavored with cardamom.
The allegations in the libel, as amended, with reference to the false and?
fraudulent statements as to the curative and therapeutic effect of the said?
article, appearing in the labeling thereof, are substantially the same as those?
set forth in detail in Notice of Judgment No. 10065, to which reference is made.
On December 20, 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.