16948. Misbranding of Inhalet. U. S. v. Qi/Z Gross of Innalet. Default de- 
cree   of   poiideiumitiou,   forfeiture,  asid   destruction.     (P.   &  D.   No.
24383.     I. S. No. 028658,    S. No. 2633.)
On December 17, 1929, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agr'culture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying secure and 
condemnation of 5y2 gross of drugs labeled " Inhalet," alleging that the article 
had been sh pped by the Lobe Manufacturing Co., from Middleboro. Mass., on 
or about December 4, 1929, and transported from the State of Massachusetts 
into the State of New York, and charging m sbranding 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 menthol.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was m'sbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements borne on the label and display card, regarding the curative 
and therapeutic effects of the sa'd article, were false and fraudulent, since it 
contained no ingredient or combinat on of ingredients capable of producing the 
effects claimed: (Label) "Brings Relief For Neuralgia, Catarrh * * *? In- 
fluenza, Asthma,  Sore  Throat,  Hayfever,  Bronchitis;"   (display  card)   "For
* "-    *    Headache    *    *    *    Asthma    *    *    *?    Neuralg a      *      *      Catarrh
* *    *   Hay Fever,*
On January 7, 1980, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and 't was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
AKTHTJR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.