13314. Misbranding of Sanita. U. S. v. 10 Boxes of Sanita. Default decree 
ordering product destroyed. (F. & D. No. 17058. I. S. No. 7968-v. 
S. No. W-1264.)
On December 22, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Ari- 
zona, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 10 boxes of Sanita, at Tucson, Ariz., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Newer Novelties Co., Los Angeles, Calif., 
on or about October 23, 1922, and transported from the State of California 
into the State of Arizona, and charging misbranding in violation of the food 
and drugs act as amended. The said boxes contained a circular which bore 
the following statements: " Sanita * * * the most effective agent for 
the cure of Leucorrhoea    *    *    *   Ulceration and Inflammation of the Womb
or Cervix, Painful or suppressed Menstruation, Vaginitis, and to relieve the 
painful tenderness so frequently following the menses. * * * Weaknesses 
which manifest themselves by falling of the womb, etc., soon yield to the 
wonderful curative properties of Sanita."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that the product consisted essentially of capsules of 
cocoa butter and tannin, with a trace of boric acid, and was perfumed.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that the statements as above set forth, 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 
tne effects claimed in the said circular.
On May 26, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
was entered for the Government, and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
K. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.