7683. Adulteration and misbranding of acid acetylo-salic.     U. S.    *    *    *   v.
48 Packages * * * of Acid Acetylo-salic. Default decree of con- 
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 6823. I. S. No. 
11302-1.    S. No. C-299.)
On August 18, 1915, the United States attorney for the District of Indiana, 
acting 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 condemna- 
tion of 48 packages of Acid Acetylo-salic (acetylsalicylsaure), remaining un&old 
in the original unbroken packages at Terre Haute, Ind., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by H. M. Yaughan, Fayettcville, Ark., on August 2, 
1915, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, and transposed from the State 
of Arkansas into the State of Indiana, and charging adulteration and mis- 
branding.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that the tablets contained no acetylsalicylic acid and con- 
sisted mainly of milk sugar and mineral matter.
Adulteration was alleged for the reason that the article fell belov/ the strength 
and purity or professed standard or quality under which it was sold.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance for the reason that the 
marks and brands on the packages, regarding the product, to wit, "Acid Acetylo- 
salic (acetylsalicylsaure)," were false and misleading in that the product was 
an imitation of the product v/hich it purported to be. It was further mis- 
branded in that the product was an imitation of and offered for sale under the 
name stated on the packages, to wit, "Acid Acetylo-salic (acetylsalicylsaure)," 
whereas it was not such.
On December 26, 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 aiticle be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,