19511. Misbranding of Alkavis. U. S. v. 12 Bottles of Alkavis. Default 
decree of destruction entered. (F. & D. No.-27300. I. S. No. 45783. 
S. No. 5438.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Alkavis, from the shipments 
herein described disclosed no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable 
of producing certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed for it on the 
bottle and carton labels.
On November 27, 1931, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Alabama, 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 12 bottles of the said Alkavis, remaining in the 
original packages at Birmingham, Ala., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the McCullough Drug Co.v Lawrenceburg, Ind., in part on or about 
August 29, 1930, and in part- on or about February 11, 1931, and had been 
transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Alabama, 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 potassium nitrate, salicylic acid, extracts of plant drugs, 
glycerin, and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said 
article were false and fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or combi- 
nation of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed: (Bottle and 
carton) " For Kidneys, Liver and Urinary Organs and Blood Impurities Due 
to Defective Action of the Kidneys, and Rheumatism;" (carton only) "For 
Rheumatism   *    *    *   for the Kidneys, Liver and Urinary OrKans." 
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On June 11, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
was entered by the court ordering that the product be destroyed by the United ( 
States marshal.
AETHTJK M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.