1S463. Mlanrnndlnsr of Voco. V. S. ?. TO Bottles of Voco. Default decree 
of condemnation, forfeltnre, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 25518, 
I. S. No. 16337.    S. No. 3789.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Voco, from the shipment herein 
described showed 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 label also represented that the article- 
was purely vegetable, whereas it was not.
On December 19. 1930, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 70 bottles of Voco at Chicago, Ill. alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Voght Laboratories, from Escanaba. Mich., 
November 1, 1930, and had been transported from the State of Michigan into 
the State of Hlinois, 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 a small proportion of ammonium chloride, extracts of plant 
drugs, sugar, glycerin, alcohol, and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was mlsbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article, 
appearing on the bottle and carton labels and in the accompanying circular, 
were false and fraudulent, since the said statements were applied to the article 
so as to represent falsely and fraudulently to the purchasers, and create in 
the minds of such purchasers the impression and belief that the article was 
effective as a remedy for the diseases, ailments, and afflictions mentioned 
therein: (Circular) "Purely vegetable:" (carton and bottle) "Orippe * * * 
Preparation * * * Flu * * * Breaker the relief of Pleurisy * * * 
and attacks of Hay Fever:" (carton onlv) "Very effective in Asthma and 
Pleurisy * * * and aborts attacks of Hay Fever. For Hay Fever the full 
dose should be taken half hourly instead of hourly. * * * most cough-? yield 
to it:" (circular) "Grippe Preparation." This department recommended that 
the charge be brought that the above statement from the circular, "Purely 
Vegetable," was false and misleading.
On .Tune 13. 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.
ABTHTflt M. HTDE, Secretary of Agriculture.