11914. Misbranding of Orange Blossom female suppositories.     TJ.  S. v. 93
Boxes of Orange Blossom Female Suppositories. Default decree 
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 16653. 
S. No. C-3713.)
On July 24, 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, and on September 11, 
1922, an amended libel, praying the seizure and condemnation of 93 boxes of 
Orange Blossom female suppositories, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at St. Paul, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Williams Mfg. Co., from Cleveland, Ohio, May 20, 1922, and transported 
from the State of Ohio into the State of Minnesota, and charging misbrand'ng 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled 
in part: (Circular) "For Diseases Peculiar To Women * * * Female 
Weakness * * * In cases of Pregnancy, the Suppositories may be safely 
used up to the fourth month * * * consequently relieving the patient of 
much suffering at child-birth. In cases of Change of Life, the Suppositories 
will relieve the organ of the morbid conditions * * * Nervous sick head- 
ache, backache, irritation of the stomach, spinal irritation, pain between 
the shoulders, distressing sensation in the back of the head, nape of the 
neck, and numbness and coldness of the extremities. In these cases the Sup- 
positories will give relief by their action on the womb. * * * For * * * 
Inflammation, Congestion and Falling of the Womb, Anteversion, Retroversion 
and Prolapsus, Ulceration, Leucorrhoea, Profuse and Difficult Menstruation."'
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that the suppositories consisted essentially of cocoa butter, 
petrolatum, boric acid, sodium sulphate, and a little flour.
Misbrand'ng of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
above-quoted statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of 
the said article were false and fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or 
combination of ingredients capable of producing 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.