StOG. Misbranding;- of PHtlorus Urisentic. IT. S. ? * * * T, 4 DOMII Bottles?
of Plldoras Ui-iseytie. Consent decree of eondeiiuiation and for??
feiture.     Product   orrtei'ed   released,   on   bond.     (F>   &   D.   No.   11143.
I.  S. No.  17035-r.     S.  No.  E-1C79.)
On September 3, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of'Porto?
Pico, 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 con-?
? demnation of 4 dozen bottles of Pildoras Uriseptic, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at San Juan, P. P., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about March 27, 1918, by G. J. Fajardo, New York, N. Y., and?
transported from the State of New York into the Island of Porto Pico,?
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.?
The article was labeled in part, "Uriseptic Pills * * * Prepared by Davis?
& Lawrence Co., Manufacturing Chemistsr New' York."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted essentially of methylene blue, cubebs, salol,?
and kava-kava.?
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded so?
as to deceive and mislead the purchaser or purchasers thereof, in that cer??
tain statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effect falsely and fraudu??
lently represented it to be effective as a treatment of gonorrhoea, chronic or?
acute inflammation of the bladder or urethra, and other forms of secondary?
diseases which generally result from blennorrhagic infection, and cystitis, and?
as a cure for all inflammations of the genito-urinary tract, whereas, in truth?
and in" fact, it was not.
On March 5, 1920, the Davis & Lawrence Co., claimant, having consented to?
a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was?
ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon the?
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the?
sum of $100, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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