52182. Misbranding of Prof. Dupree's French specific pills. TJ. S. v. 5| 
Dozen Packages of Prof. Dupree's French Specific Pills. Default 
decree   entered   providing-   fox-   destruction   of   produet.     (F.   &   D.
No.  15212.    I.  S. No.  10978-t.     S.  No.  W-995.)
On July 20, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Utah, 
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 con- 
demnation of 5| dozen packages of Prof. Dupree's French specific pills, re- 
maining in the original unbroken packages at Ogden, Utah, alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Cosmopolitan Drug Co., from New York, 
N. Y., in two consignments, namely, on or about May 12 and June 16, 1921, 
respectively, and transported from the State of New York into the State of 
Utah, 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 the pills contained aloes, iron sulphate, a trace of 
tansy oil, and plant drugs, coated with a mixture of sugar, starch, calcium 
carbonate, and talc, colored, some blue, others pink.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the 
reason that the packages bore labels and contained circulars in which appeared 
statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said article 
in relation to their " use in the suppression of irregularities of the menses
* *    *   efficient in  their results    *    *    *    take  one pill  every two  hours, 
alternating first the blue and then the pink, until the desired effect is produced
* * * girls approaching the age of puberty, who have not overcome the 
'functional derangements induced by that * * * change * * * can be 
given these pills with great benefit," which said statements were false and 
fraudulent, since the said article did not contain ingredients or a combination 
of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On January 3, 1924, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of the court was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
HOWARD  M.  GORE,  Acting  Secretary  of Agriculture.