18472. Misbranding of Triner's cold tablets. V. S. v. 24 Dozen Packages of 
Triner's Cold Tablets. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 26054. I. S. No. 24404. S. No. 
4324.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Triner's cold tablets, from the 
shipment herein described having shown that it contained no ingredient or 
combination of ingredients capable of producing certain curative and therapeu- 
tic effects claimed on the carton label, the Secretary of Agriculture, reported 
the matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
On March 24, 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 24 dozen packages of Triner's cold tablets at Chicago, Ill., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the William A. Webster Co., from Memphis, 
Tenn., January 17, 1930, and had been transported from the State of Tennessee 
into the State of Illinois, 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 each 
tablet contained acetanilid (0.96 grain), quinine (0.34 grain), and podophyllum 
resin.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
?ments on the cartons, "For * * * Grippe, Neuralgia," were false and 
fraudulent.
On May 29, 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.