9899. Misbranding of Pierce's Empress Brand tansy, cotton root, penny- 
royal, and apiol tablets. TJ. S. * * * v. 9 Dozen Packages of 
Pierce's Empress Brand Tansy, Cotton Root, Pennyroyal, and Apiol 
Tablets.     Default    decree    ordering'    destruction    of    the   ^product.
(F. & D. No. 15292.    Inv. No. 32979.    S. No. E-3485.)
On or about August 2, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Virginia, 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 9 dozen packages of Pierce's Empress Brand tansy, cotton
root, pennyroyal, and apiol tablets, remaining unsold in the original packages 
at Norfolk, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped by Robert J. Pierce, 
New York, N. Y., on or about October 12, 1920, and transported from the State 
of New York into the State of Virginia, 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 de- 
partment showed that it contained pennyroyal, aloes, and ferrous sulphate, in 
tablet form.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects 
thereof, (box) " * * * Tansy, Cotton Root, Pennyroyal and Apiol Tablets. 
A Safe Emmenagogue, Always Reliable And Effective, The Best Known Remedy 
For The Suppression Of The Menstrual Function," were false and fraudulent, 
since the said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients ca- 
pable of producing the effects claimed.
On September 9, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of the court was entered ordering the destruction of the product by the 
United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.