S646. Misbranding- of Pabst's Okay Specific. IT. S. * * * v. 54 Bottles?
of Pabst's Okay Specific. Heard by the court and a jury. Verdict?
lor the  Government.     Judgment  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 10132.    I. S. No. 10l'82-r.     S. No. E--1346.)
On May 3, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of South?
Carolina, 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 54 bottles of Pabst's Okay Specific, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Columbia, S. C, alleging that the article had been?
shipped by the Pabst Chemical Co., Chicago, 111., on or about February 21, 1919,?
and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of South Carolina,?
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.?
The article was labeled in part, on tlie retail package and bottle and in the?
wrapper and circular, " Pabst's Okay Specific for Gonorrhea, Gleet, Urethritis?
and Chronic Mucous Discharges."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted of copaiba balsam, oil of peppermint, plant?
extractives, including a laxative drug, sugar, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that the statements appearing in and upon the cartons, packages, and?
bottles, as aforesaid, regarding t'iie curative and therapeutic effects thereof, were?
false and fraudulent, and were made by the Pabst Chemical Co. knowingly and?
in wanton disregard of the truth or falsity of the said statements and claims,?
and with intent to deceive the purchasers of said product.
On June 21, 1920, no claim or appearance having been made and the case?
having come on for hearing before the court and a jury, after the submission?
of evidence for the Government, a verdict favorable to the Government was?
returned, and the court ordered the condemnation and forfeiture of the article?
and its destruction by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.