15567.  Misbranding of  B-L.     V.   S.  v.  lO Dozen  Bottles   of  B-L   (Blud-Life). 
Default  decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.      (F.
& D. No. 22159.    S. No. 209.)
On November 17, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
South 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 10 dozen bottles of B-L (Blud-Life), remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Columbia, S. C. alleging that the article had
been shipped by the Blud-Life Co., from Pulaski, Va., October 11, 1927, and had 
been transported from the State of Virginia into the State of South Carolina, 
and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of magnesium sulphate (Epsom salt) and water, with small 
amounts of phosphate, salicylate, iron, quinine, and strychine, and a red coloring 
material.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ment in the booklet accompanying the said article, " Fine Tonic For Children 
B-L, because of its great tonic properties, is especially good for children, and 
may be given with perfect safety as it contains no alcohol nor anything to harm 
the most delicate child," was false. Misbranding was alleged for the further 
reason that the statements upon and within the packages containing the article 
were false and fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or combination of 
ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On December 23, 1927, 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. JAEDINH, Secretary of Agriculture.