18492. Misbranding of Clay's rheumatic medicine.    TJ. S. v. 69 Bottles of
Clay's Rheumatic Medicine. Consent decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 25252. I. S. No. 3950. S. 
No. 3540.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Clay's rheumatic medicine, from 
the shipment herein described having shown that the bottle and carton labels 
bore statements representing that the article possessed curative and thera- 
peutic properties which it did not possess, the Secretary of Agriculture reported 
the matter to the United States attorney for the Eastern District of South 
Carolina.
On November 8, 1930, 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 69 bottles of Clay's rheumatic medicine, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Charleston, S. C, alleging that the article had been shipped 
by E. J. Kiefter, from Savannah, Ga., September 4, 1930, and had been trans- 
ported from the State of Georgia into the State of South Carolina, 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 of colchicine (4 milligrams per 100 milliliters), potassium iodide, a 
nitrite, and extracts from plant drugs.
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 article, 
borne on the bottle and carton labels, were false and fraudulent, since it con- 
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the 
effects claimed: (Bottle) "Rheumatic Medicine formerly known as Clay's Sure 
Cure;" (carton) "Rheumatic Medicine is recommended in the treatment of 
Scrofula, Ulcers, Old Sores, Rheumatism, Gout, Enlarged Glands and wherever 
a Good Blood Purifier is required * * * This is a Valuable Medicine for 
all sufferers from Gout and Rheumatism in all its forms."
On June 25, 1931, counsel for the intervener having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. 
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AETHTJE M. HTDE, Secretary of Agriculture.