21558. Misbranding of Tee Tone Aspirin Tablets. U. S. v. 82 Tins of Tee 
Tone Aspirin Tablets. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 30758.    Sample no. 42944-A.J
This case involved a shipment of aspirin tablets, the labeling of which bore 
unwarranted curative and therapeutic claims.
On July 22, 1933, the United States attorney for the Middle District of Penn- 
sylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 82 tins of Tee Tone 
Aspirin Tablets at Scranton, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about July 28, 1932, by the Red Line Products Co., 
from Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, N.T., 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 the 
tablets contained 5 grains of acetylsalicylic acid each.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in the following 
statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article, borne 
on the tin container, were false and fraudulent: " For relief of * * * 
Rheumatism * * * Lumbago, Sore Throat * * * Toothache, Earache, 
Influenza, Sleeplessness."
On August 16, 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, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.