10227.?Misbranding' of Nervosex tablets.     U. S.     *     *     *     -v. 4 Boxes     *     *      *
of Drag Products. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture,?
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 15123.    Inv. No. 30884.    S. No. C-3109.)
On July 13, 1921, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Texas, 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 ?con??
demnation of 4 boxes of drug products, at Belleville, Tex., alleging that the?
article had been shipped by the United Laboratories, St. Louis, Mo., on or about?
June 18, 1920, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of?
Texas, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as?
amended. The article was labeled in part: (Box) " Nervosex Tablets. A com??
pound of Nerve and Muscle Stimulants for Low Vitality, Lack of Energy,?
Sexual Weakness    *    *    *."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that the tablets contained zinc phosphid, calcium phosphate,?
an iron compound, and vegetable extractives, including nux vomica.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the above-quoted statements appearing on the label of the said box, regard??
ing the curative or therapeutic effect of the said article, were false and fraudu??
lent in that the said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredi??
ents capable of producing the curative or therapeutic effects claimed.
On January 9, 1922, 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. PTJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.