1(51)50. Misbranding of as?pirin tablets. TJ. ?. V. 46 Dozen Tins of Aspirin 
Tablets. Default decree of condemnation* fox-feiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 239G6.    I. S. No. 08993.    S. No. 2186.)
On August 21, 1929, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 46 dozen tins of aspirin tablets, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Kokomo, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Roosa & Ratliff Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, on or about July 3, 1929, 
and transported from the State of Ohio into the State of Indiana, 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 the tablets 
contained approximately 5 grains of acetylsalicylic acid.
The article was labeled in part: (Tin container) "Aspirin is a relief for 
Rheumatism, Influenza * * * also for ail forms of Neuralgia. It is most 
useful in Gout," Sciatica and Muscular Rheumatism;" (circular) "Earache 
* * * Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuralgia, Sciatica * * * Sore Throat 
Gargle   *    *    *    Periodic Pains."
It was' alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the tins 
and the circular accompanying the article contained false and fraudulent state- 
ments regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said article, since it 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the 
effects claimed in the said circular and printed on said tin.
On December 21, 1929, 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.
AKTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.