19053. Misbranding of Taylor's Royal Brand Green Seal pills. U. S. v. 45 
Packages of Taylor's Royal Brand Green Seal Pills. Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
27282.    I. S. No. 38976.    S. No. 5410.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Taylor's Royal Brand Green Seal 
pills, from the shipment herein described having shown that the labeling bore 
statements representing 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 District of Massachusetts.
On November 27, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 45 packages of Taylor's Royal Brand Green Seal pills, re- 
maining in the original unbroken packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by Horace B. Taylor Co., from Philadelphia, Pa., 
on or about July 14, 1931, and had been transported from the State of Penn- 
sylvania into the State of Massachusetts, and charging misbranding in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that the pills 
consisted essentially of ferrous sulphate (0.26 grain each), ginger, licorice, a 
small proportion of soap, and aloe.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ment, "A female pill used in amenorrhea, dismenorrhea and other menstrual 
disorders," appearing in the labeling was false and fraudulent, since the 
article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of pro- 
ducing the effects claimed.
On December 29, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
AETHtna M. HTDB, Secretary of AgriouUure.