18302. Misbranding of Uric-O. U. S. v. % Dozen Large Bottles, et al., of 
Uric-O. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.    (F. & D. No. 26146.    I. S. Nos. 27962, 27963.    S. No. 4387.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Uric-O, from the shipment herein 
described having shown that the bottle and carton labels and accompanying 
circular bore statements representing that the article possessed curative and 
therapeutic properties which it did not possess, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania.
On March 30, 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 % dozen large-sized and % dozen small-sized bottles of Uric-O, 
remaining in the original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by 
the E. C. MacKallor Drug Co., Binghamton, N. Y., alleging that the article had 
been shipped from Binghamton, N. Y., on or about November 24, 1930, and had 
been transported from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, 
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- 
tained sodium salicylate (4.66 grams per 100 cubic centimeters-2.86 grains per 
teaspoonful), potassium iodide (0.9 gram per 100 cubic centimeters-0.51 per 
teaspoonful), extracts of plant drugs, alcohol, and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- 
ing statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effects, appearing in the 
labeling, were false and fraudulent, since the said article contained no in- 
gredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed: 
(Bottle and carton) "Uric-O An Internal Medicine Particularly for Use in the 
Treatment of Rheumatism;" (circular) "Uric-O Best for Rheumatism 
* * * Uric-O For Rheumatism. If suffering with Rheumatism or any 
trouble caused by an excess of Uric Acid or other waste matter in the blood, 
such as Kidney and Blood Disorders, Lame Back or some form of Headache 
and Nervous Troubles, Dizziness, etc., you need, by all means, to try Uric-O. 
It never fails in the most stubborn cases, because it removes the cause of the 
trouble, acts in a natural way to neutralize the acid and free the system of 
the poisons responsible for the most forms of the disease, that lead up to 
chronic troubles, if neglected."
On April 20, 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.
ABTHXIB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.