14798. Misbranding of Aspironal.     U. S. v. 5S%  Dozen Bottles of Aspironal.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction..     IT. &
D. Nos. 15721 to 15725, incl.    S. Nos. E-3673 to E-3676, incl.)
On December 7, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of North Carolina, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 58% dozen bottles of Aspironal. in various lots 
at Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem, N. C, respectively, alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Aspironal Laboratories. Atlanta. Ga.. 
between the dates of August 13, 1920, and October 20, 1921, and that it had 
been transported from the State of Georgia into the State of North Carolina, 
and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of a sample of 
the article showed that it contained sodium salicylate, camphor, menthol,, 
extracts of plant drugs including cascara sagrada and belladonna, alcohol, 
water, and a small quantity of sugar.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded.. 
in that the label on the bottle was false and fraudulent, in that it claimed: 
curative and therapeutic effects following the use of the said article as a 
remedy for coughs, colds, influenza, La Grippe, headache, toothache, earache, 
stomach ache, neuralgia, sciatica, and rheumatism, whereas the article con- 
tained no ingredient or combination thereof capable of producing the effects 
claimed.
On October 11, 1926, 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.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.