16397. Misbranding of laxative Cold Fix tablets. U. S. v. 28 Packages of 
Laxative Cold Fix Tablets. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (P. & D. No. 23417. I. S. No. 03593. S. No. 
1569.)
On February 18, 1929, the United States attorney for the Southern 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 praying seizure 
and condemnation of 28 packages of laxative Cold Fix tablets, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the Corn Fix Co., from Newark, N. J., on or about August 
28, 1928, and transported from the State of New Jersey 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 this department showed that it con- 
tained acetanilide (1.00 grain per tablet), cinchonine sulphate (0.134 grain per 
tablet), aloin, and camphor.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said 
article, borne on the carton and in the accompanying circular, " La Grippe 
* * * For * * * La Grippe * * * Loss of Appetite, etc.," (circular) 
" Colds with constipation and headache * * * when neglected they often lead 
to much more serious ailments, a few of which may be Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, 
serious nervous disorders, kidney trouble, etc. * * * Highly Recommended 
for * * * Loss of Appetite, Etc. It is not necessary for you to wait until 
you are suffering with * * * La Grippe * * * but they are recommended 
very highly for * * * loss of Appetite, etc. Try them for these troubles," 
were false and fraudulent in that the said article contained no ingredients or 
combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed, and in 
that the said statements were applied to the article knowingly and in reckless 
and wanton disregard of their truth or falsity, so as to represent falsely and 
fraudulently to purchasers thereof and create in the minds of such purchasers 
the impression and belief that the article was in whole or in part composed of 
or contained ingredients or medicinal agents effective in the diseases and con- 
ditions named therein.
On March 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.