19055. Misbranding of Emsules.    V. S. v. 22 Packages of Emsules.    Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
27239.    I. S. No. 37966.    S. No. 5395.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Emsules, from the shipment herein 
described having shown that the labeling represented 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 Pennsylvania.
On November 13,1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 22 packages of Emsules, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
H. Planten & Son (Inc.), from Brooklyn, N. Y., on or about August 11, 1931, 
and had been transported from the State of New York into the State of 
Pennsylvania, 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 a fatty oil, volatile oils including pennyroyal oil, savin oil, 
and parsley oil and a red dye.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ment, " For the treatment of Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, Painful and Irregu- 
lar Menstruation," regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the said 
article was false and fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or combina- 
tion of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On December 8, 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.
ABTHTJE M. HTDE, Secretary of Agriculture.