9108. Misbranding of Antilaiteuse. V. S. * * * v. 30 Packages, S Pack- 
ages, 3 Bottles, and.48 Bottles of * * . * Antilaiteuse. Default 
decrees of condemnation, forfeiting, and destruction. (P. & D. Nos. 
14087, 14058, 14107, 14108. Inv. Nos. 24551, 24552, 24527, 24528, 24533. 
S. Nos. E-2996, E-2998, E-3007, E-3008, E-3009.)
On December 22 and December 24, 1920, the United States attorney for the 
District of Maine, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for said district libels praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 30 packages,'8i packages, 3 bottles, and 48 bottles 
of Antilaiteuse, consigned by Dr. N. A. Sirois, Manchester, N. H., remaining 
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Springvale, Biddeford, Lewiston, 
and Livermore Fails, Me.," alleging that the article had been shipped on or 
about November 19, November 11, November 30, and September 13, 1920, and 
transported from the State of New Hampshire into the State of Maine, 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 depart- 
ment showed that it-consisted essentially of ¦ Epsom, salts,* about 85 per cent, 
and ground juniper berries.
It was alleged in substance in the libels that the article was misbranded for 
the reason that the packages containing it bore certain statements regarding the 
curative and therapeutic effects of such articles, as follows, " Potion Antilaiteuse
* * * Remedy For Men and Women To Cleanse and Relieve the body and 
blood of all poisons and impurities causing all kinds of disorders. * * * 
Weening, removal of milk from limbs and blood, to prevent miscarriage, dis- 
eases of the womb, change of life, dropsy, kidney disease, rheumatism, 
eclampsia, excessive stoutness, paralysis, piles    *    *    *      and poor digestion.
* * * It acts by cleaning the kidneys, * * * and the blood," which said 
statements were false and fraudulent in that the article contained no ingredient 
or ingredients capable of producing the curative or therapeutic effects claimed 
for it in said statements.
On January 22, 1921, 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.