SddG.  3Iisl>raj?tliii8- of Liuoniiie.     V.  S.     *      *      *     v.  45 Bottles  of liinojiine.?
I3efault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and. tlestructlou.     (P. &
D. No. 12815.    I. S. No. 17400-r.    S. No. E-2300.)
On June 1, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland,?
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 condem??
nation of 45 bottles of Linoninc, consigned on or about May 13, 1920, remaining?
in the original unbroken packages at Baltimore, Mel., alleging that the article?
had been shippeel by the Kerr Chemical Co., Danbury, Conn., and transported?
from the State of Connecticut into the State of Maryland, and charging mis??
branding 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 an emulsion containing essentially lin??
seed oil, oils of eucalyptus and cinnamon, methyl salicylate, glycerin, and?
water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that certain statements appearing on the labeling of the cartons and bottles?
containing the article, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects thereof,?
to wit, (bottle and carton) " Pulmonary Diseases, Consumption, Chronic Coughs
*?* * Chronic Bronchitis, the After Effects of La Grippe, Wasting Dis??
eases, Rickets Scrofula, Whooping Cough, Rheumatic and Strumous Diseases,?
General Debility, etc. * * * Linonine is unsurpassed as a strengtliener,?
builder, blood renewer, and for affections of the throat and lungs," (carton)?
" * * * a most efficient remedy for expectorant coughs * * * ia the?
most chronic forms of the disease    *    *    *    prophylactic against emphysema
*?* * a remedy * * * in the asthmas which have a history of sequence?
of pertussis or measles * * * in the treatment of a phthisis in patients who?
cannot take cod liver oil, particularly in those who have much  bronchitis
*?* *," were false and fraudulent, since the article contained no ingredient?
or combination of ingredients capable of producing the results claimed.
On August 10, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
B. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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