16599. Misbranding' of Peebodina de Henn. U, S. v. 26 Dozen Bottles oil 
Pechodina de Henn. Consent decree of condemnation and foi!-T 
feiture.    Product released under bond.    (F. & D, No. 23564.    I. S. Nol
02144.    S   No.  1777.) 
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On April 9, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of Porto Ricof 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the DistricJ 
'Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con* 
demnation of 26 dozen bottles of Pechodina de Henn at Ponce, P. R., alleging! 
that the article was in possession of the Porto Rican American Drug Co. (Inc.)J 
of Ponce, P. R? and was being offered for sale and sold in Porto Rico, arii
? 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 COB 
tained  such  ingredients  as  menthol,  camphor,   guaiacol,  benzoates,   a  smalj 
amount of morphine, honey, sugar, alcohol, and water.
It was alleged in  the libel that the article was misbranded in that 
package failed to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportio 
of opium contained therein.    Misbranding was alleged for the further i'easol 
that the following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effeci- 
of the article,  (circular) "Pechodina de Henn.   Real Panacea for the ChesT 
This    *    *    *    preparation    *    *    *   is  destined  to  restore any bad cond|| 
tions of the respiratory organs    *    *   -*    At their beginning is when we shou 
treat all kinds of illness, especially to those of the chest should we apply m
-wonderful axiom.    A simple untreated catarrh gives way to a greater ail
permanent infection of the respiratory tract, and thence to tuberculosis, gen- 
| erally pulmonary or tracheal    *    *    *   lives could be saved if in duo  time 
' any attack of catarrh, grippe, bronchitis or any other morbid affection m our 
respiratory tract should be duly treated.   The Pechodina de Henn is by its 
*   ?<?    *    curative    *    *    *    properties    *    +    *    the ideal medicine for treat- 
ing from their beginning, catarrh, grippe, whooping cough, asthma, bronchitis, 
likewise incipient tuberculosis.    It is also useful in advanced cases oi tuber- 
, culosis, which the action of an agent of positive value   *    *    *    to the treat- 
ment of organic defense required by such disease," were false and fraudulent 
in that the said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients 
capable of producing the effects claimed. 
On April 18, 1929, the Porto Rican American Drug  Co.   (Inc.),  of Ponce, 
&r P. P., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and having con- 
sented to  entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation  and forfeiture was 
| entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to said 
claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of 
| $200, continued w part that it be properly relabeled as required by law.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.