7505. Misbranding' of Mers Santal Componnfl. XI. S. * * * v. 5f Dozen 
Packages of * * + Merz Santal Compound. Default decree of 
condemnation, forfeiture, an-t destruction.     (F. & D. No. 10704.    I.  S.
No    15757-r.     S.   No.   E-1595.)
On July 2, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, act- 
ing upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation 
of 5? dozen packages of a drug known as " Merz Santal Compound," consigned 
on or about June 6, 1919, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at 
Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Merz Capsule 
Co., Detroit, Mich., and transported from the State of Michigan into the State 
of Maryland, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: " Merz Santal Compound. 
Twenty years of unqualified success has placed this remedy in the fruit rank 
of reliable cures for affections of the mucous membranes, Catarrh of the Blad- 
der, Inflammation of the Bladder, Vesical Catarrh of Old Age, Difficult Micturi- 
tion, and other diseases of the genito-urinary organs.    *    *    * "
Analysis of a sample of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it consisted of balsam copaiba, cassia, sandalwood oil, 
and a sulphurated oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that certain statements, 
appearing on the labels of the packages, regarding the curative and therapeutic 
effects thereof for the treaLment or cure of affections of the mucous membranes, 
catarrh of the bladder, inflammation of the bladder, vesical catarrh of old age, 
and other diseases of the genito-urinary organs, were false and fraudulent in 
that the article did not contain any ingredient or combination of ingredients 
capable of producing the effects claimed for it.
On September 13, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture v\ as entered, and it was ordered by the 
fourt that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary oj Agriculture.