SCOS. Mis(In,andiiJ?,v of Matlame Dean Vaginal Suppositories. U. S. * * *?
T. 36 Faekngeii and 34 Packages of Madame Dean Vaginal Supposi??
tories. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, ami destruc??
tion. (F. & D.Kos. 11417, 11418. I'. S. Nos. 8706-r, 8707-r. S. Nos. C-1507,?
C-1508.)?
On or about October 9, 1919, the Unitedr 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 libels for the seizure?
and condemnation of 36 packages and 34 packages of an article of drugs, labeled?
in part " Madame Dean Vaginal Suppositories," in the original unbroken?
packages at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped by?
Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa., on or about September 2, 1919, and July 16, 1919,?
respectively, and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of?
Missouri, 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 de??
partment showed that it consisted of suppositories composed essentially of a?
salt of bismuth, alum, boric acid, tannin, and a trace of powdered plant drug in?
a cacao butter base.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the?
reason that certain statements appearing on the cartons and containers of the?
article and in the circular and booklet inclosed in said containers, regarding?
the curative and therapeutic effects of said drug product, falsely and fraudu??
lently represented it to be effective for the relief of leucorrhea or whites,?
gonorrheal inflammation, congestion, ulceration, and similar female complaints,?
vaginitis, vulvitis, leucorrheal discharges, inflammation, congestion, and ulcera??
tion of the vagina, gonorrhea, and similar female complaints, whereas said?
drug product did not contain any ingredients or combination of ingredients?
capable of producing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed.
On November 17, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were 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.
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