10590.?Misbranding-  of   Garren's   blood   purifier  and   tonic.     IT.   S.     *     *     *
v. 33 Bottles of Garren's Blood Purifier and Tonic. Default de??
cree   of  condemnation,   forfeitui'e,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.
14863.    In v. No. 33094.    S. No. BJ-3358.)
On May 17, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western District of South?
Carolina, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of
 the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con??
demnation of 33 bottles of Garren's blood purifier and tonic, at Anderson, S. C,?
alleging that the article had been shipped by the Asheville Medicine Co., Hen-?
dersonville, N. C, on or about March 24, 1921, and transported from the State?
of North Carolina into the State of South Carolina, 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 depart??
ment showed that it consisted of extracts of plant drugs, including goldenseal,?
a benzoate, glycerin, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the bottles and cartons containing the said article bore certain statements?
regarding the curative and therapeutic effects thereof, to wit, (carton) "* * *?
Blood Purifier * * * for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Nervousness, Weakness,?
* * * Disorders of the Blood, * * * Impure Blood, * * * for Pim??
ples, Blotches, Tumors, Boils, Ringworm, Scrofula, Ulcers and Syphilis.. * * *?
Indigestion * * * Powerful purifier of the blood * * *," (bottle)?
" * * * Blood Purifier * * * Indigestion * * * A Purifier of the?
Blood * * * Impurities of the Blood. * * *," which were false and?
fraudulent, in that the said article contained no ingredient or combination of?
ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On September 15, 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.