16539. Misbranding of Over Night cold tablets. U. S. v. 6 Dozen Packages 
of Over Niglit Cold Tablets. Default decree of condemnation and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 23478.    I. S. No. 02777.    S. No. 1657.)
On February 28, 1929, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, 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 6 dozen packages of Over Night cold tablets at 
Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Dow Drug 
Co., from Cincinnati, Ohio, on or about November 13, 1928, and transported 
from the State of Ohio into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging mis- 
branding 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, caffein, a quinine compound, sodium bicarbonate, 
and an extract of a laxative plant drug.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
statement, " For LaGrippe * * * Until Relieved," borne on the carton 
label, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said article was false 
and fraudulent, since the said article contained no ingredient or combination 
of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On June 7, 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.