10165.?Misbranding of Lang Germine.    TJ. S.    *     *     *    v. 8 Packages     *     *     *
of Lung' Germine. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 15026.    Inv. No. 35373.    S. No. E-3423.)
On July 15, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Massa??
chusetts, 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 8 packages of Lung Germine, remaining unsold at Boston,?
Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Lung Germine Co.,?
Jackson, Mich., on or about April 7, 1921, and transported from the State of?
Michigan into the State of Massachusetts, and charging misbranding in" viola-'?
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted essentially of sulphuric acid, alcohol, and?
water, with small amounts of iron sulphate, spices, and material derived?
from cod-liver oil.
Allegations in the libel as to the false and misleading statements with refer??
ence to the alcoholic content of the article and as to the false and fraudulent?
statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effect, appearing in the label??
ing thereof, are substantially the same as those set forth in detail in Notice of?
Judgment No. 9958, to which reference is made.
On November 14, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.