10209. Misbranding of Mando tablets. U. S. * * * v. 3 Boxes of Mando?
Tablets. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de??
struction.     (F. & D. No. 13846.    I. S. No. 6337-t.    S. No. E-2859.)
On November 31, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of?
New Jersey, 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 3 boxes of Mando tablets, at Newark, N. J., alleging that?
the article had been shipped by Gracey's Drug Store, Philadelphia, Pa., on or?
about August 30, 1920, and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the?
"State of New Jersey, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Bottle) "* * *?
Recommended for Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality, Varicocele, Seminal Weak??
ness, etc. * * * A continued use will produce most satisfactory results?
* * * "; (carton) " * * * Recommended for Nervous Debility, Lost Vital??
ity, Varicocele, Seminal Weakness, etc. In Man or Woman * * * Succeed?
where other remedies fail. Restore lost vigor to Men and Women, Young?
and Old Alike * * *"; (circular) " * * * For Long Standing Cases?
of Lost Vitality, Nervous Diseases, we recommend Mando Tablets. * * *?
For Lost Vitality    *    *    *."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that the pills contained extracts of nux vomica and?
damiana.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason tlfot the?
above-quoted statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the?
said article were false and fraudulent, since the article did not contain any?
ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On January 19, 1922, 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. PTJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.