19200. Misbranding of Seven Aids to Health. U. S. v. 4 Dozen Bottles of 
Seven Aids to Health. Default decree of condemnation, forfei- 
ture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 26105. I. S. No. 16466. S. No. 
4344.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Seven Aids to Health, 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 Middle District of Tennessee.
On March 30, 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 four dozen bottles of Seven Aids to Health, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Franklin, Tenn.,. alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Dunn Medicine Co. (Inc.), from Birmingham, Ala., on or 
about January 30, 1931, and had been transported from the State of Alabama 
into the State of Tennessee, and charging misbranding in violation of the food 
and drugs act as amended. On July 20, 1931, on motion of the United States 
attorney, the libel was amended.
Analysis of a sample by this department showed that the article contained 
in each 100 milliliters: Magnesium sulphate 27.8 grams, iron and ammonium 
citrate 0.7 gram, sodium phosphate 0.5 gram, and sodium salicylate 0.1 gram, 
flavored with saccharin and cassia oil.
It was alleged in the libel as amended that the article was misbranded in 
that the statements, " Seven Aids to Health * * * For Blood, Kidneys, 
Stomach, Nerves, Liver, Heart and Bowels * * * For Dysentery, Blood 
Flux, Cholera or Summer Complaint," regarding the curative and therapeutic 
effect of the article, appearing on the bottle label, were false and fraudulent, 
since the said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients 
capable of producing the effects claimed.
On November 27, 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
ABTHTJB. M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.