14640. Misbranding of Flam.     U. S. v. 20 Dozen Bottles of Flam.     Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture and destruction.     (F. & D   No
21167.    I. S. No. 1504-x.    S. No. C-5192.)
On July 14, 1926, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 20 dozen bottles of Flam, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Milwaukee, Wis., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Flam Co., Chicago, Ill., February 17, 1926, and transported from the 
State of Illinois into the State of Wisconsin, and charging misbranding in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of a sample of the 
article showed that it was a flavored sugar sirup containing ammonium chloride 
and bromide, with small amounts of sodium benzoate and glycerin.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
label bore the following statements, regarding its curative and therapeutic 
effects, which were false and fraudulent, since the said article contained no in- 
gredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed: 
(Bottle label and carton) " For Coughs, Colds, Whooping cough, Asthma, 
Bronchitis, And All Affections of Lungs and Throat."
On October 15, 1926, 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.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.