14079. Misbranding: of A. D.  S. special kidney and bladder pills.     U.  S. v.
31   Packages   of  A.  D.   S.   Special  Kidney  and  Bladder  Pills.     De- 
fault   decree   of   confiscation,   and   destruction   entered.     (F.   &   D.
No. 19449.    I. S. No. 17716-v.    S. No. C-4598.)
On December 30, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Michigan, 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 31 packages of A. D. S. special kidney and 
bladder pills, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Lansing, Mich., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the American Druggists Syndi- 
cate, Chicago, Ill., October 17, 1924, and transported from the State of Illinois 
into the State of Michigan, 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 consisted of hexamethylenetetramine and 
extracts of plant drugs, including small quantities of resins and volatile oils 
mixed with magnesium carbonate, coated with sugar and calcium carbonate 
and colored blue on the surface.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
following statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the 
said article: " Kidney And Bladder Pills A Treatment Indicated In Simple 
Inflammatory Conditions Of The Kidneys and Bladder, Bladder Irritation, 
Non-retention of Urine, Scanty or Scalding Urine," were false and fraudulent, 
since the said article contained no ingredient or substance which had the 
curative or  therapeutic  effects claimed.
On May 12, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of i lie court was entered, ordering that the product be confiscated, and 
destroyed  by the  United   States marshal.
R. W. DCXLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.