18486. Misbranding of Rice's  G.  G. liniment.    TJ.  S. -v.  5%   Dozen Bottles
of Rice's G. G. lilnlment. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 26032. I. S. No. 16203. S. No. 
4265.)
Examination, of a drug product, known as Rice's G. G. liniment, from the ship- 
ment herein described having shown that the bottle label bore statements repr 
resenting 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 Virginia.
On March 17, 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 5*4 dozen bottles of Rice's G. G. liniment, remaining in the orig- 
inal unbroken packages at Richmond, Va., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Rice Chemical Co., from Greensboro, N. C, on or about June 27, 
1930, and had been transported from the State of North Carolina into the State 
of Virginia, 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 turpentine oil, ammonia, an emulsifying agent, and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- 
ing statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the said article, 
appearing on the bottle label, were false and fraudulent, since it contained no 
ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects 
claimed: "Used for rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, back-ache * * * old 
sores, coughs, * * * lagrippe, croup, scratches, sweeny, spavin, stifle joint, 
lameness, etc."
On April 15,1931, 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.
AETHTTB M. HTDH, Secretary of Agriculture.