10219. Misbranding of Kuhn's rheumatic remedy. US.** * v. ??
Dozen Bottles and 3 Dozen Bottles of Knhn's Rheumatic Remedy.?
Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. &
D. Nos. 14607, 14608.    Inv. Nos. 30129, 30132.    S. Nos. C-2854, C-2855.)
On March 10, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and condemnation?
of 5 dozen bottles of Kuhn's rheumatic remedy, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., respectively, alleging?
that the article had been shipped by the Kuhn Remedy Co., Chicago, 111., on or?
about January 8 and February 1, 1921, respectively, and transported from the
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State of Illinois into the State of Minnesota, and charging misbranding in vio??
lation 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 it consisted of iodin, potassium iodid, plant extractives,?
sugar, aromatics, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the?
reason that the following statements appearing on the bottle and carton con??
taining the article, "* * * >Rheumat'c Remedy * * * Rheumatism, Neu??
ralgia, Lumbago, Sciatica, or Gout * * *," were false and fraudulent, since?
the said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingred'ents capable?
of producing the effects claimed.
On June 20 and December 15, 1921, respectively, no claimant having appeared?
for the property, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were 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.