10744. Misbranding of San-Methyl capsules. IT. S. v. 11 Boxes of San-?
Methyl Capsules. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture,?
and  destruction.     (F.  & D.  No.  15794.    S. No.  R-3822.)
On March 23, 1922, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
New York, 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 11 boxes of San-Methyl capsules, consigned by the Grape Cap??
sule Co., Allentown, Pa., remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at?
New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from Allentown, Pa.,?
on or about February 3, 1922, and transported from the State of Pennsylvania?
into the State of New York, 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 depart??
ment showed that the capsules contained methylene blue, salol, and drugs of?
vegetable origin, including santal oil and cinnamon.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that certain statements, regarding the curative and therapeutic effect of the said?
article, appearing on the label of the package containing the same, falsely and
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fraudulently represented it to be effective for gonorrhea, gonorrheal rheumatism,?
gleet and urethral diseases generally, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained?
no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects?
claimed.
On May 29,1922, 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.
0. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.