9119. Misbranding of Antilaiteuse.    IT. S.    *     *     *    v. OS Packages of Anti¬
laiteuse. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, tinil de- 
struction. (F. & D. Nos. 140S9 to 14091, inclusive, 14093 to 14105, inclusive. 
Inv. Nos. 24508 to 24513, inclusive, 2536G to 25373, inclusive, 25375. S. Nos. 
E-2981to E-2995, inclusive, E-2997.)
On December 20, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Mas- 
sachusetts, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, tiled in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel of information 
praying the seizure and condemnation of 108 packages of Antilaiteuse, at vari- 
ous places in Massachusetts, consigned by Dr. N. A. Sirois, Manchester, N. H., 
between, the dates August 5 and November 29, 1920, alleging that the article 
had been transported from the State of New Hampshire into the State of 
Massachusetts, 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 
department showed that it consisted essentially of Epsom salts, about 85 per 
cent, and ground juniper berries.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that the following statements, appearing in the labeling of the article, 
in regard to the therapeutic and curative effects thereof, (carton, English and 
French) "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, diseases of the womb, change of life, dropsy, 
kidney disease, rheumatism, eclampsia, excessive stoutness, paralysis, 
piles * * * and poor digestion. * * * It acts by cleaning the kid- 
neys,    *    *    *    and the blood," were false and fraudulent in that the article
contained no  ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
the effects claimed.
On January 31, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was 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.