7587. Misbranding of G-U-C Capsules. IT. S. * * * v. 4} Dozen. Bottles 
of G-IT-C Capsules. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 11474.    I. S. No. 17322-r.    S. No. B-1829.)
On October 20, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme Court 
of said District, holding a District Court, a libel for the seizure and condemna- 
tion of 4* dozen bottles of G-U-C Capsules, at Washington, D. C, alleging that 
the article had been shipped, on or about July 25, 1919, by the Hollander-Kosh- 
land Co., Baltimore, Md., and transported from the Slate of Maryland into the 
District of Columbia, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Bottle and wrapper) 
"G-U-C Capsules * * * Highly recommended in the treatment of Gonor- 
rhoea & Gleet and disorders of a similar nature and origin * * * ; (circular) 
Capsules For G6norrhoea and Gleet * * * Under proper treatment, the 
acute and painful symptoms of Gonorrhoea more or less quickly disappear,
*    *    *    Take one of these Capsules every two hours    *    *    *."
Analysis of a sample of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that the contents of the capsules consisted of a sulphurated 
oil with volatile oils, including copaiba, cinnamon, and santal oils.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statements, borne on the labels of the bottles containing, and on the wrappers 
enclosing, and in the circulars accompanying the article, regarding the article, 
were false and fraudulent in that they were, severally, statements of the cura- 
tive and therapeutic effect of the article and of the ingredients and substances 
contained therein, which statements were false and fraudulent for the reason 
that the article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients in proper- 
quantity and strength capable of producing the therapeutic effect claimed for it.
On November 12, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product bo destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.