14067. Misbranding of Milam. U. S. v. 46 Bottles, et al., of Milam. De- 
fault decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F   &
D. Nos. 20706, 20707.    S. Nos. E-5607, E-5608.)
On December 11, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure and 
condemnation of 66 bottles of Milam, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Perry 
Drug Co., from Winston-Salem, N. C, in part April 1, 1925, and in part May 
4, 1925, and transported from .the State of North Carolina into the State of 
Maryland, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act 
as amended.
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of samples of the 
article showed that it consisted of extracts of plant drugs, nitric acid, salicylic 
acid, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said 
article, borne on the labels, were false and fraudulent, since it contained no 
ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects 
claimed: (Bottle label) "For Good Blood * * * in the treatment of dis- 
eases arising from impure, impoverished or acid blood. Is valuable in all run- 
down and depleted conditions, and is recommended for appetite and digestion," 
(carton) "For Blood, Bone And Skin * * * in the treatment "of all dis- 
eases arising from Impure, Impoverished, or acid blood. Is valuable in all 
run down and depleted conditions, and is recommended for appetite and diges- 
tion, or wherever there is need of an Alterative Tonic * * * For Good 
Blood, Rheumatism, Gout and other Uric Acid Conditions. Eczema, Scrofula 
and all Skin Diseases, Boils, Carbuncles, Chronic Sores, Blood Poison, Anemia 
or Impoverished Blood, Certain forms of Failing Vision, Poison Oak and 
Ivy, Loss of Appetite and all Run Down Conditions. * * * In severe cases 
of blood diseases, after the patient is apparently cured, several more bottles 
should be taken, to eradicate all the poison."
On January 29, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.