10759.?Misbranding? of Aspironal.    U. S. v. 19 Dozen Bottles, et al, of Aspi-
ronal. .Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.    (P. & D. Nos. 15647, 15648.    S. Nos. E-3672, E-3680.)
On December 9, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme?
Court of the district aforesaid, holding a district court, libels for the seizure?
and condemnation of 22? dozen bottles of Aspironal, remaining unsold at Wash??
ington, D. C, alleging that the article was being offered for sale and sold in?
the District of Columbia, and that 3i dozen bottles of the said article had been?
shipped by the Aspironal Laboratories, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., on or about Septem??
ber 12, 1921, and transported from the State of Georgia into the District of?
Columbia, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
as amended.
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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 each bottle containing the same bore the following statements re??
garding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said article, " * * *?
Colds, Coughs, Influenza, Lagrippe, * * * Headache, Toothache, Earache,?
Stomachache, Neuralgia, Sciatica * * * Rheumatism * * *," which said?
statements were false and fraudulent, since the said article contained no in??
gredients or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On July 31, 1922, 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.