16253. Misbranding of  Taylor's  laxative   cold   tablets. U.   S.  v.   16  Dozen 
i                                           Packages  of  Taylor's  Laxative  Cold   Tablets. Default   decree  of
i   r                                           condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction. (F.   &   D.   No.   2E466
I. S. No. 02676.    S. No. 1676.)
On February 25, 1929, the United States attorney for the Western Distr ct of 
New York, acting upon the report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure nnd 
condemnation of 16 dozen packages of Taylor's laxative cold tablet*, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at Fairport. N. Y.. alleging that the article 
had been shipped by C. E. Jamieson & Co.. Detroit, Mich., October s. 192K. nnd 
transported from the State of Michigan into the State of New York, and (-barg- 
ing misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that the 
tablets contained acetanilide, 0.91 grain per tablet, total alkaloids (chiefly a^ 
cinchonine salicylate, 0.1 grain per tablet), camphor, capsicum, and extracts of 
laxative plant drugs.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- 
ing statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said article 
were false and fraudulent: (Carton) "For LaGrippe:" (circular) "For the 
relief of LaGrippe. Coughs, and Neuralgia * * * one feels depressed, ex- 
periences pains or aches in various parts of the body, an annoying discharge 
from the nose, a stuffy head, the voice may become affected, the throat dry or 
sore, and a persistent cough * * *. Laxative Cold Tablets are prepared for 
the relief of * * * LaGrippe and should give prompt relief. It stimulates 
the general secretions, opens the pores of the skin, works on the liver.''
On April 9, 1929, 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.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.