19497. Misbrandingr of Meyer's Mount Clemens aperient water. V. S. v. 4 Dozen Bottles of Meyer's Mount Clemens Aperient Water. De- fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F & D. No. 28268. I. S. No. 43061. S. No. 6141.) Examination of a drug product, known as Mej-er's Mount Clemens aperient water, from the shipment herein described disclosed no ingredient or combi- nation of ingredients capable of producing certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed for it on the bottle label. On April 30, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemnation of four dozen bottles of the said Meyer's Mount Clemens aperient water, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Phila- delphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped by John Meyer, from Mount Clemens, Mich., on or about March 7, 1932, and had been transported from the State of Michigan into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. Analysis of a sample of Meyer's Mount Clemens aperient water by this department showed that the article was highly mineralized and that the dissolved mineral matter consisted chiefly of sodium chloride, sodium sulphate, and magnesium sulphate. It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the following statements appearing on the bottle label, regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article, were false and fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed: " Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Catarrhal Affections of the Stomach and Bowels, Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Gall Stones, Billiousness, Rheumatism, Gout Transitory and Alimentary, Glycosuria, Impaired Metabolism, Uric Acid, Dia- thesis, and allied disorders." On May 24, 1932, 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. ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.