7717. Misbranding of Linonine. V. S. * * * v. IS Bottles, More or Less, 
of Linonine. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 12436.    I. S. No. 16833-r.    S. No. E-2091.)
On May 4, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Penn- 
sylvania, 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 
condemnation of 18 bottles of Linonine, remaining unsold in the original un- 
broken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on or about February 16, 1920, from Danbury, Conn., consigned by the Kerr 
Chemical Co., Danbury, Conn., and transported from the State of Connecticut 
into the State of Pennsylvania,, and charging misbranding in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it consisted of an emulsion composed essentially of linseed 
oil, oils of cinnamon and eucalyptus, methyl salicylate, and glycerin.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in that statements borne 
on the bottle containing the article, regarding the article and the ingredients 
and substances contained therein, to wit, " Pulmonary diseases, Consumption, 
Chronic Coughs * * * Chronic Bronchitis, The After Effects of La Grippe, 
Wasting Diseases, Rickets, Scrofula, Whooping Cough, Rheumatic and Strumous 
Diseases, General Debility, etc. * * * Linonine is unsurpassed as a strength- 
ener, builder, blood renewer, and for affections of the throat and lungs," were 
false and fraudulent in that the said article would not produce the curative or 
therapeutic effects which purchasers were led to expect by the statements which 
were applied to the article with a knowledge of their falsity for the purpose of 
defrauding purchasers of the article.
On May 26, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.