9149. Misbranding of Prescription 999. V. S. * * * v. 59 Packages of 
* '* * Prescription.. 099. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 13692. I. S.'No. 7599-t. S. No. 
E-2745.)
On or about September 20, 1920, the United States attorney for the District 
of Delaware, 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 59 packages of drugs, labeled in part " Prescription 999," re- 
maining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Wilmington, Del., con- 
signed on January 13, 1919, alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Combination Remedy Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., and transported from the State of 
Pennsylvania into the State of Delaware, and charging misbranding in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part, 
(carton) "For Gonorrhoea Or Gleet * * * The Best Remedy * * * 
Guaranteed Not To    *    *    *    Cause Stricture."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it consisted of a mixture of fixed and volatile oils, including 
oils of sandalwood, nutmeg, and copaiba.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of pro- 
ducing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed for it by the above-quoted 
language.
On February 5, 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.