10898.?Misbranding   of   san-methyl   capsules.     U.   S.   v.   1  Dozen   Boxes   of
San-Metnyl  Capsules.     Default  decree  of  condemnation,   forfeit??
ure, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 15793.     S. No. B-3821.)
On March 23, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
New York, 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 1 dozen boxes of san-methyl capsules, remaining unsold in the?
unbroken packages at Brooklyn, N. Y., consigned November 25, 1921, alleging?
that the article had been shipped by the Grape Capsule Co., Allentown, Pa., and?
transported, from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of New York, 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 capsules contained methylene blue, salol, santal oil,?
and cinnamon.
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 on the label of the package containing the?
same,   "*    *    *    For  gonorrhea,  gonorrheal  rheumatism,   gleet  and  urethral
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diseases generally," were false and. fraudulent, since the said article did not?
contain any ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the?
effects claimed for it.
On April 20, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and. forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.