21204. Misbranding of Antlcol.    U. S. v. 240 Packages of Antlcol, A Vapor¬
ous   Inhalant.     Default   decree   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and 
destruction.     (F. & D. no. 30473.    Sample no. 23413-A.)
This case involved a drug preparation which contained undeclared alcohol.
On May 17, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District of
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
District Court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 240 packages of the 
said Anticol at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce, on or about January 25, 1933, by the Apex Laboratories, 
Inc., from New York, N.Y., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this Department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of volatile oils (19 percent) including menthol and lavender 
oil, and alcohol (approximately 79 percent).
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that its pack- 
age or label failed to bear a declaration of the quantity or proportion of alcohol 
contained in the article. 
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On August 9, 1933, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Actinff Secretary of Agriculture.