10170. Misbranding of Prescription 1000, internal. IT. S. * * * v. 2?
Dozen Bottles of * * * Prescription 1000. Default decree or??
dering destruction of the prodnct. (F. & D. No. 10213. I. S. No.?
16192-r.    S. No. E-1362.)
On or about May 13, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern Dis??
trict of Florida, 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 2 dozen bottles of Prescription 1000 internal, at Tampa, Fla.,?
consigned by the Reese Chemical Co., Cleveland, Ohio, alleging that the article?
had been shipped from Cleveland, Ohio, on or about February 1, 1919, and trans??
ported from the State of Ohio into the State of Florida, and charging misbrand??
ing 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 consisted of an emulsion composed of copaiba balsam, a?
small amount of alkali, and water, flavored with methyl salicylate.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that certain statements appearing on the bottle and carton and in the accom??
panying* circular, regarding the curative and therapeutic effect of the said arti??
cle, falsely and fraudulently represented it to be effective as a most efficient?
treatment for gleet, gonorrhea, bladder troubles, frequent urination, and in??
flammation, whereas the said article contained no ingredient or combination of?
ingredients capable of producing the curative and therapeutic effect claimed in?
said statements.
On January 24, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of the court was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United?
States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.