17846. Misbranding of Osmo Kaolin.    TJ. S. v. 27 Packages of Osmo Kaolin. 
Default   decree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 25648.    I. S. No. 5738.    S. No. 3914.)
Examination of samples of an alleged drug product, known as Osmo Kaolin, 
Irom the herein-described lot having shown that the labels bore claims of cura- 
tive and therapeutic properties that the article did not possess, the Secretary 
o
rf Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the District 
of Porto Rico.
On January 9, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnatiion of 27 packages of Osmo Kaolin at San Juan, P. R., alleging that 
the article 'was being offered for sale and sold in Porto Rico, by J. M. Blanco 
(Inc.), ^San Juan, P. R., and dharging 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 of clay.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- 
ing statements appearing upon the label, regarding the curative and therapeutic 
-effects of the said article, were false and fraudulent, since it contained no 
ingredient or combination 'of ingredients capable of producing the effects 
?claimed: " Internal * * * is invaluable in the treatment of disorders aris- 
ing from intestinal irifections by bacteria, the toxins of which it has the power 
-of absorbing to a remarkable degree.   In this manner the elimination of these
toxins is readily, quickly and safely accomplished without harm to. the system. 
It has been successfully used in the treatment of dysentery, cholera, diarrhoea, 
ulcerative colitis, rheumatism and gout,, and in, intestinal stasis with its result- 
ing toxaemias. ^* * * is employed in the, preparation,of Cataplasniata, to 
remove .oedema, relieve the pain and swelling of local inflammation, etc. In its 
dry: state it is used to absorb irritant discharge."
On February 4,19.31, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
; ABTHTJE M. HYDE, Secretary of AgrievMwre.