Jr?7?0. Misbranding of Sex-Co restorative tablets. TJ. S. v. 6 Packages of?
Sex-Co Restorative Tablets. Default decree of condemnation, for??
feiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 15671.    S. No. C-3342.)
On November 29, 1921, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of Alabama, 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 6 packages of Sex-Co restorative tablets, remaining in the?
original packages at Birmingham, Ala., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by the Clyde Collins Co., Memphis, Tenn., on or about April 5, 1921,?
and transported from the State of Tennessee into the State of Alabama, 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 the tablets contained strychnine, extract of damiana,?
iron, and a phosphorus compound, coated with calcium carbonate and talc,?
colored red. *
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that the following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic?
effect of the said article, appearing in the label of the box containing the same?
and in the accompanying circular, (box label) " Sex-Co Restorative Tablets.?
Strength * * * Energy * * * Aphrodisiac * * *," (circular)?
" * * * Sex-Co Tablets are especially prepared for the treatment of Men?
and Women who are' in a run-down condition, such as Bad Blood, Sexual?
Weakness, Loss of Appetite, Wasting Diseases and Nervous Conditions Of All?
Kinds. * * * We do not know of any other preparation on the market to?
equal Sex-Co Tablets, for deficiency in sexual vitality. Take Sex-Co Tablets?
for several weeks and note your improvement. Even your complexion will?
remarkably show the beneficial effects. * * * Take Sex-Co Tablets Regu??
larly if you want to obtain the very best results. Do not miss a Single day,"?
were false and fraudulent, since the said article contained no ingredient or?
combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On June 16, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
ef 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.