18028. Misbranding of 0,-623.     U. S. v. 18 Dozen Bottles of Q.-623.    Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
25615.    I. S. No. 9296.    S. No. 3904.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Q-623, from the shipment herein 
described having shown that the bottle label bore statements representing that 
the article possessed curative and therapeutic properties which it did not, the 
Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney 
for the Eastern District of Virginia.
On January 3, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 18 dozen bottles of Q-623, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Norfolk, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Loewy Drug Co. (Inc.), from Baltimore, Md., on or about November 4, 1930, 
and had been transported from the State of Maryland into the State of Vir- 
ginia, 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 it con- 
sisted essentially of sodium salicylate, sodium bicarbonate, and water, flavored 
with orange oil.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
following statements regarding the curative or 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: (Bottle) "A Pre- 
scription for Bheumatism, Neuritis, Arthritis, Sciatica, Lumbago, Etc., Guar- 
anteed Relief to all Sufferers-A Few Doses Eliminate the Pain."
On March 31, 1931, 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.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.