17324. Misbranding of Gllkol.    U. S. v. 2%   Gross of Gllkol.    Consent de 
cree  of  condemnation   and  forfeiture.    Product   released   under 
bond.    (F. & D. No. 24661.    I. S. No. 024531.    S. No. 3001.)
On April 1, 1930, the United States attorney for the District of Porto Rico, 
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 con-
demnation of 2% gross of Glikol at Mayaguez, P. R.. alleging that the article 
6adT)een shipped by Brewer S; Co. (Inc.), from "Worcester, Mass., on or about 
January 10, 1930, and transported from the State of Massachusetts into Porto 
Rico, and was being offered for sale and sold in Porto Rico by Farmacia Guz- 
man (Pan American Manufacturing Co.), Mayaguez, P. R., and charging mis- 
branding 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 ammonium chloride, guaiacol, potassium acetate, sodium 
salicylate, glycerin, oil of peppermint, a trace of chloroform, alcohol (1 per 
cent), sugar, and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements appearing upon the carton and bottle labels, and in the 
accompanying circular, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said 
article, were false and fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or combina- 
tion of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed. "Antibacillary 
Mixture. Specific for the respiratory tract. Recommended for Bronchitis, 
Acute and Chronic; Pneumonia, Catarrhs, * * * Grippe, * * * Also 
for Asthma, Rheumatism and Whooping Cough."
On May 6, 1930, Antonio Guzman Rodriguez, proprietor of the Farmacia 
Guzman, Mayaguez, P. R., having appeared as claimant for the property, and 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and for- 
feiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released 
to the said claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the 
sum of $400, conditioned in part that it should not be sold or otherwise dis- 
posed of until properly relabeled as required by law.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.