19897. Misbranding of Mrs. Dinsmore's balsam. IT. S. v. 69 Bottles of 
Mrs. Dinsmore's Balsam. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction.     (No. 11575-A.    F. & D. No. 28637.)
Examination of the drug product involved in this action disclosed that the 
article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of pro- 
ducing certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed for the article on the 
bottle and carton labels.
On August 10, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York, 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 69 bottles of Mrs. Dinsmore's balsam, remaining 
unsold in the original packages at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about March 1, 1932, by L. M. 
Brock & Co. (Inc.), from Lynn, Mass., to Brooklyn, N. Y., and charging mis- 
branding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it 
consisted essentially of an antimony compound such as tartar emetic, extracts 
of plant drugs, alcohol, sugar, and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
following statements appearing on the labels, regarding the curative and 
therapeutic effects of the said article, were false and fraudulent: (Bottle) 
"Recommended for Coughs, * * * Hoarseness, Difficulty of Breathing, 
Whooping Cough, * * * Huskiness of the Throat. * * * For Hoarse- 
ness;" (carton) "In cases of Coughs, Hoarseness, Huskiness of the Throat, 
Difficulty of Breathing, Whooping Cough."
On September 28, 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 by the United States marshal.
HENR? A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.