31192. Misbranding of Bu-Ku-Jin Elixir. IT. S. v. 96 Bottles of Bu-Ku-Jin 
Elixir. Default decree of destruction entered. (F. & D. no. 30412. 
Sample no. 36171-A.)
Examination of the drug preparation Bu-Ku-Jin Elixir disclosed that it 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed on the bottle label and a display 
card shipped with the article.
On May 4, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Utah, acting 
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of 96 bottles of Bu-Ku-Jin Elixir at Salt 
Lake City, Utah, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce, on or about March 20, 1933, by Prost & Calahan, from New York, N.Y., 
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 extracts of vegetable drugs including buchu and juniper, 
sugar, alcohol, and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- 
ing statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effects were false and 
fraudulent: (Label) "An Effective Diuretic in Kidney and Bladder Disorders "; 
(display card) "The Doctor says in Kidney and Bladder Disorders I Recom- 
mend Bu Ku Jin Elixir."
On June 24, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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