21586. Misbranding of Alkalex Powder.    TJ.  S. w 27 Packages  of Alkalex
Powder.    Default decree of destruction.     (F. & D. no. 30877.    Sample 
no. 42803-A.)
Examination of the drug product, Alkalex Powder, disclosed that the article 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On August 8, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 27 packages of 
Alkalex Powder at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about May 15, 1933, by the Standard- 
Chemical Co., from Des Moines, Iowa, 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 
consisted essentially of large proportions of calcium carbonate and sodium 
bicarbonate and relatively small proportions of magnesium carbonate and 
bismuth sribcarbonate.
It was alleged In the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
following statements, appearing on the carton, regarding the curative and 
therapeutic effects of the article were false and fraudulent: "Treatment of 
Hyperacidity * * * for the treatment of conditions due to excessive acid in 
the system * * * treatment for hyperacidity * * * correctives * * * 
Repeat every two to four hours until relieved       *    *   Treatment for Hyper-
acidity * * * digestive * * * a rational and effective method of re- 
establishing the normal alkalinity of the body without danger of systemic 
disturbance * * * Treatment for hyperacidity, indications for indigestion 
fermentative dyspepsia * * * hyperacidity and chronic gastritis * * * 
for * * * distress after eating and bloating * * * for gastric or duo- 
denal ulcers give regular doses every two hours observing the usual feeding 
plans in ulcerous conditions, for rheumatic conditions."
On September 25, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, 
judgment was entered finding the product misbranded and ordering that it 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.