10854.?Misbranding   of   Garren's   blood   purifier   and   tonic.      U.   S.   v.   305
Dozen Bottles of Garren's Blood Purifier and Tonic. Consent de??
cree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product ordered released?
on bond.     (F. & D. No. 14787.    S. No. E-3317.)
On April 14, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
South Carolina, 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 305 dozen bottles of Garren's blood purifier and tonne,?
remaining in the original unbroken packages at Columbia, S. C, alleging that?
the article had been shipped on or about March 1, 1921, by the Asheville Medi??
cine Co., from Hendersonville, N. C, and transported from the State of North?
Carolina into the State of South Carolina, and charging misbranding in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part:?
(Cartons) "Blood Purifier * * * for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Nervousness,?
Weakness, * * * Disorders of the Blood, * * * Impure Blood, * * *?
for Pimples, Blotches, Tumors, Boils, Ringworm, Scrofula, Ulcers and Syphilis.
*?*    *    Indigestion    *    *    *    Powerful   purifier   of   the   blood;"    (bottles)?
"Blood   Purifier,    *    *    *    Indigestion,    *    *    *   A   Purifier   of  the   Blood,
*?*    *    Impurities of the Blood."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted essentially of extracts of plant drugs, including?
hydrastis, a benzoate, glycerin, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the words and figures so marked, branded, and labeled in and upon the?
said cartons and bottles aforesaid, regarding the curative and therapeutic?
effects of such article, were false and fraudulent.
N.J. 10851-10900.]    SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.      475
On November 15, 1921, the Asheville Medicine Co., claimant, having admitted?
the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation arid forfeiture was entered,?
and it was ordered by the. court that the product might be delivered to said?
claimant, upon payment of the costs of the proceedings' and the execution of a?
bond in the sum of $500, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
O. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.