8709. Misbranding of Stopsit. IT. S. * * * v. 10 Bottles of Stonsit,?
^Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 13045.    I. S. No. 9293-r.    S. No. C-2041.J
On July 14, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Mis??
souri, 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 10 bottles of Stopsit, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped by O. K.?
Horner, Brazil, Ind., on or about March 26, 1920, and transported from the?
State of Indiana into the State of Missouri, and charging misbranding in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part;?
(Carton) "* * * injection for gonorrhoea or gleet * * * Never known,?
to stricture * * * safe, sure and speedy. Use for prevention * * *?
remedy for general [venereal] diseases of men and women * * * swiftest,?
most positive ;- * *? remedy ever discovered ^" (bottle) "* * * * injection?
for Gonorrhoea and Gleet   *   *    *    for Leucorrhcea or Whites   *    *    *."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed, that it consisted of two preparations?a dilute aqueous solu??
tion of berberine sulphate, and a powder composed of potassium permanganate?
and potassium sulphate.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was raisbranded fox:?
the reason that the above-quoted statements regarding its curative and thera??
peutic effects were false  and. fraudulent.?
On September 14, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judge??
ment of condemnation, and feflsiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
cou>rt that the product be -destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,.
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