16415. Misbranding of Mack's cold capsxiles. U. S. v. 3 Dozen Packages of 
Mack's Cold Capsules. Default decree of condemnation, forfei- 
ture, and destruction.     (F. &. D. No. 23501.    I. S. No. 08.    S. No. 1688.)
On March 7, 1929, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
?California, 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 3 dozen packages of Mack's cold capsules, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the S. Pfeiffer Mfg. Co., from St. Louis, Mo., on or 
about November 24, 1928, and transported from the State of Missouri into the 
State of California, 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 the 
capsules contained acetanilide, quinine, sodium and potassium compounds, 
bromides, methyl salicylate, and aloin.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the 
said article, (carton container) " For * * * LaGrippe * * * To 
Relieve * * * an attack of LaGrippe * * * In Severe Cases," (cir- 
cular) " Good for * * * Neuralgia," were false and fraudulent, since the 
said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable 
of producing the effects claimed.
On June 11, 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.