11111.?Misbranding of  Jnven  pills.     XL   S.  v.   5  Packages   of  Jnven   Pills.
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No.  13550.     S. No. C-2313.)
On August 31, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of Illinois, 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 5 packages of Juven pills at Chicago, 111., alleging that?
the article had been shipped by the C. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass., February?
16, 1920, and transported from the State of Massachusetts into the State of?
Illinois, 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 de??
partment showed that the pills contained quinine, nux vomica, celery, asafetida,?
and compounds of iron  and manganese.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that certain statements appearing in the circular accompanying the said?
article, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the article, to wit,?
" Juven Pills [are intended to] meet the needs of men and women suffering?
from the strenuous life of today or from what may waste the vitality and?
reduce the strength," were false and fraudulent in that the said statements?
were applied to the article so as to represent falsely and fraudulently and to?
create in the minds of purchasers thereof the impression and belief that it?
was effective as a remedy for the various diseases, ailments, and afflictions aris??
ing from a strenuous life or from what may waste the vitality and reduce?
the strength, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained no ingredient or com??
bination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On November 23, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment 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. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.