S105J. Misbranding- of Helmitol. XJ. S. * * * v.' 7 Doaen Bottles of Helmi??
tol Tablets. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.?
Product released
' on bond. (F. & I). No. 11008. I. S. No. 17048-r.?
S.   Xo.   K-1GT1.)
On August 2(5, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of. Porto Rico,?
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 7 dozen bottles of Helmitol tablets,. remaining in the original unbroken?
packages at Ponce, P. R., alleging that said article had been shipped by the?
Bayer Co., Inc.. New York, N. Y., on or about June 21, 1919, and transported?
from the State of New York into the Island of Porto Rico, and charging?
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article?
was labeled in part, "20 Bayer-Tablets * *" * Urinary Antiseptic The?
Bayer Company, Inc., New York, N. Yr., U. S. A."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment shewed that the tablets consisted of Helmitol   (anhydromethylene?
citrate hexamethylene tetramine)  and talc.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded so as to deceive?
and mislead the purchaser or purchasers thereof, in that the labels on the?
article bore a statement, regarding it and the ingredients and substances con??
tained therein, which was false and misleading [fraudulent], that is to say,?
the label on said bottles and cartons was so arranged as to lead the public to?
believe that the bottles and cartons contained curative and therapeutic medicine?
capable of curing and preventing diseases and disorders in the urinary tract?
of whosoever should use it, whereas, in fact, it contained no ingredient or com??
bination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On January 30, 1920, the Porto Rico Drug" Co., San Juan, P. It., claimant,?
having consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was
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entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be delivered to the?
said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution?
of a bond in the sum of $250,111 conformity with section 10 of the act.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.