20389. Misbranding of llauid medicine (fluidextract of ginger). U.S. v. 5 
Barrels of Fluidextract Glngrer. Default decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 27714. I.S. no. 41224. S. no. 
5808.)
This libel involved five barrels of a product labeled, "Liquid Medicine." 
The article was of high alcoholic content, contained some ginger extractives, 
and also contained a phenolic compound and a phosphate, indicating the pres- 
ence of tricresyl phosphate, the ingredient in imitation ginger fluidextract that 
has been shown to be responsible for " ginger" paralysis. The shipper of 
record was a corporation which, with other defendants, was convicted of con- 
spiracy to violate the laws of the United States, and a violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, for unlawful shipments of a similar product which was sold 
as fluidextract of ginger (N.J. no. 19400).
On February 3, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, 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 five barrels of the said liquid medicine, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., which had been consigned 
in interstate commerce by the Hub Products Co., Boston, Mass. It was alleged 
in the libel that the article had been shipped in various lots on or about 
March 6, March 8, March 10, March 13, and March 15, 1930, from Boston, 
Mass., to St. Louis, Mo., and that it was misbrandedin violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " From Hub Products Co., 
Boston, Mass.   Liquid Medicine."
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that its package or label 
failed to bear a statement of the quantity or proportion of alcohol contained in 
the article.
On November 15, 1932, 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.
B. G. TTTGWEIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.