10593.?Misbranding of Aspironal.    U.  S.     *     *     *     v.  12 Dozen Bottles, et
al* of Aspironal. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture,?
and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 15690, 15701, 15702, 15703, 15704, 15705.?
Inv. Nos. S3S37, 33338.    S. Nos. E-3663, E-3667.)
On December 19, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western District?
of South Carolina, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed?
in the District Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure?
and condemnation of 36 dozen bottles of Aspironal, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Greenwood, Spartanburg, Greenville, and Liberty,?
S. C, respectively, alleging that the article had been shipped by the Aspironal?
Laboratories, Atlanta, Ga., on or about February 9 and October 25, 1921,?
respectively, and transported from the State of Georgia into the State of?
South Carolina, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: " Aspironal * * *?
Manufactured Only by Aspironal Laboratories, Atlanta, Gra.    *    *    *-."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it contained sodium salicylate, camphor, menthol, ex??
tracts of plant drugs, including cascara sagrada and belladonna, a small amount?
of sugar, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the?
reason that the label on the bottles containing the said article bore the fol??
lowing statements, designs, and devices regarding the therapeutic effects of?
the said article, " Aspironal   *   *    *   For Coughs, Colds, Influenza, LaGrippe,
*?*    *    For Headache, Toothache, Earache, Stomachache, Neuralgia, Sciatica,
*?* * For Rheumatism, * * *," which were false and fraudulent, since?
the said article contained no ingredients or combination of ingredients capable?
of producing the curative or therapeutic effects claimed.
On March 3 and 15, 1922, 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. PTJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.