37709. Misbranding of Colac Pile Pills.    U. S. v. 109 Bottles of Colic Pile Pills.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 39219. 
Sample No. 38814-C.)
The labeling of this product contained false and fraudulent representations 
regarding its curative or therapeutic effects.
On March 16, 1937, 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 109 bottles of Colic 
Pile Pills at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about August 7, 1936, by the Vasco Products, Inc., 
from Brentwood, Md., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act as amended. The article was labeled in part: "Colac Chemical Co. 
Inc.    *    *    *    Brentwood, Md. U. S. A. Sole Proprietors."
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements regarding 
its curative or therapeutic effects were false and fraudulent: (Bottle) "Colic 
Pile Pills a remedy for all forms of piles and sensitive and inflamed conditions 
of the rectum. * * * are composed of simple ingredients that heal and 
strengthen the entire intestinal tract. Dose swallow whole two pills three 
times daily before or after meals, until all symptoms have disappeared"; 
(shipping carton) "Colac Pile Pills The Best Remedy Known For Piles Relief 
Within Twenty-Four Hours."
On August 30, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.