18457. Misbranding of S. T. S. Little Wonder suppositories. TJ. S. ~v. 6 
Dozen Cartons of S. T. S. Little Wonder Suppositories. Default 
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 25933.    I. S.
No. 1159.    S. No. 4186.)
Examination of a drug product, known as S. T. S. Little Wonder supposi- 
tories, having shown that the label bore statements representing that the article 
possessed curative and therapeutic properties which it did not possess, the 
Secretary of Agriculture reported to the United States attorney for the District 
of Montana the shipment herein described, involving a quantity of the product 
located at Great Falls, Mont.
On March 4, 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 6 dozen cartons of S. T. S. Little Wonder suppositories at Great 
Falls, Mont., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Esbencott Lab- 
oratories from Portland, Oreg., on or about January 11, 1931, and had been 
transported from the State of Oregon into the State of Montana, 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 theobroma oil, boric acid, tannin, zinc phenolsulphonate, 
and a trace of methyl salicylate.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article, to wit, 
"Treatment for Leucorrhoea (Whites) and Vaginal Infections," borne on the 
label, were false and fraudulent, since the article contained no ingredient or 
combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On May 1, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
AETHXJE M. HTDE, Secretary of Agriculture.