11480.?Misbranding:  of Kuhn's  rheumatic  remedy.     U.  S.  v.  15  Dozen Bot?
tles of Kuhn's Rheumatic Remedy. Default decree of condem??
nation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 14612, 14613.?
I. S. Nos. 10489-t, 10490-t.     S. Nos. W-865, W-866.)
On March 9, 1921, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure?
and condemnation of 15 dozen bottles of Kuhn's rheumatic remedy, remaining?
in the original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the?
article had been shipped by the Kuhn Remedy,Co., Chicago, 111., in part Janu??
ary 7 and in part January 11, 1921, and transported from the State of Illinois?
into the State of California, 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?
department showed that it consisted of iodin, potassium iodid, plant extractives,?
sugar, aromatics, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was?
labeled in part on the bottle and carton as follows, " Rheumatic Remedy * * *?
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Sciatica or Gout," which statements on?
the said bottle and carton were false and fraudulent in that the article con??
tained no ingredients or combination of ingredients capable of producing the?
curative and therapeutic effects claimed.
On May 24, 1923, 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.
HOWARD M. GOBE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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