27552. Misbranding of Colic Pile Pills.     TJ. S. v. 128 Bottles of Colic Pile Pills.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F & D.  No.  89152. 
Sample No. 35239-C.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent curative and therapeutic 
claims.
On February 27, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 128 bottles of Colic 
Pile Pills at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
Interstate commerce on or about January 4, 1937, by Vasco Products from 
Brentwood, Md., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act as amended. The article was labeled in part: "Colac Pile Pills * * * 
Colic Chemical Co., Inc.   *    *   *   Brentwood, Md., U. S. A.   Sole Proprietors."
Analysis showed that the article was a sugar-, chocolate-' and iron oxide- 
coated tablet containing magnesium oxide, extracts of plant drugs, and a tar- 
like material.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements regarding its 
curative or therapeutic effects, appearing in the labeling, were false and fraudu- 
lent: (Bottle) "Highly recommended for all forms of piles of the rectum. 
* * * Pile Pills"; (shipping carton) "Colic Pile Pills The best Remedy 
Known For Piles    Relief Within Twenty-Four Hours."
On June 26, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HAEBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.