5126.?Misbranding-  of  Bis'   O.
'    U.   S.   *     *    *    v.   12   Dozen  Bottles   of  Bij?;  G.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No.  10551.     I.  S.  No.  7705-r,     S.  No. .0-1281.)?
On June 11, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Missouri, 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 arid?
condemnation of 12 dozen bottles of Big G, at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that?
the article had been shipped on or about November 4, 1918, by the Evans?
Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, and transported from the State of Ohio into?
the State of Missouri, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled upon the cartons, in part,?
" Big G, A Compound of Borated Goldenseal Prepared by The Evans Chemical?
Co. Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. A."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted of a dilute aqueous solution of borax and?
berberine.   No hydrastine was present.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in that the labels on said?
cartons, containers, and bottles represented that the drug was a compound?
of borated goldenseal, which statement was false and fraudulent in that the?
drug contained no goldenseal. Misbranding of the article was also alleged in?
that certain statements appearing on the carton enclosing, and on the label on?
the bottle containing the article, regarding the curative or therapeutic effects?
of the article, falsely and fraudulently represented that the article would be?
effective as a remedy for unnatural discharges of the urinary organs, catarrh,?
hay fever, and inflamed, ulcerated, itching conditions of the skin and mucous?
membrane or linings of the mouth, nose, throat, eye, and ear, and as an anti??
septic, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not effective.
N. J. 8101-8150.]     SERVICE AND  REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.	95
On November 17
,, 1919, 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.