11911. Misbranding of Craemer's celebrated compound. TJ. S. v. 11 Bottles 
of Craemer's Celebrated Compound. Default decree of condemna- 
tion, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 16446.    I. S. No. 3603-t.
S. No. C-3658.)
On June 20, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
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 condem- 
nation of 11 bottles of Craemer's celebrated compound, at St. Paul, Minn., alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped by the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, from 
St. Louis, Mo., April 12, 1922, and transported from the State of Missouri into 
the State of Minnesota, 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 it was an aqueous solution of sodium, potassium, am- 
monium, and lithium phosphate, citrate, salicylate, and chloride and extract 
of ginger, sweetened with saccharin and colored with caramel.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the following statements appearing on the label of the bottle containing 
the article and on the carton enclosing the said bottle, "For * * * Gall 
Stones, Stones in the Kidneys, Stones in the Urinary Bladder, Liver, Kidney, 
Bladder, Stomach and Bowel Complaints * * * Thickened Bile, Bilious 
Colic * * * Sallow Complexion, Dizziness, Renal or Kidney Colic * * * 
Painful Urination, Loss of Appetite," were false and fraudulent, since the said 
article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of produc- 
ing the effects claimed.
On September 14, 1923, 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. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.