1 16587.  Misbranding-   of   Gasidal.    U.   S.   v.   12   Bottle.s   of   Gasidal.     Consent 
? decree  of condemnation.     Product released under bond.     (F, & 1)
|-, No. 23456.     1.  S. No. 05029.     S.  No   1673.)
|   On February 21, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas,
|acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricultuie, filed m the District Court 
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?of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
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lot 12 bottles of Gasidal at Atchison, 1vans., alleging that the article had been 
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fsMpped by the Gasidal Co, from Kansas City, Mo., in December, 1928, and 
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^transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Kansas, and charging 
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|misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. 
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f   Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that if con- 
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|sisted essentially of sodium bicarbonate, magnesium carbonate, bismuth sub- 
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fnitrate, and starch, flavored with peppermint. 
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jflt was alleged in the  libel that the article was misbranded in  that the 
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following   statements   regarding   the   therapeutic   or   curative   effects   of  the 
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Article, appearing on the labels of the bottles, "An   ?"    *   *   digestant a positive 
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1elief for  all forms  of gastro-intestinal  disturbances.    A  specifically useful 
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teeatment in gastro-intestinal disturbances due to gastric and duodenal ulcers, 
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fgall bladder disease,  chronic  appendicitis,  ether anesthesia gastric neurosis, 
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' arious types pelvic infections in women, nausea during pregnancy," were false 
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Ed fraudulent in that the article contained no ingredient or combination of 
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fgredients capable of producing the effects claimed. 
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j0n April 11, 1929, D. J, Sullivan, Kansas City, Mo., having appeared as 
taimant for the property and having consented to the entry of the decree, 
idgment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
ftie product be released to the said claimant upon payment of cobts and the 
fxecution of a bond in the sum of $2f>0, conditioned m part that it should not 
Be sold or offered for sale in violation of the law
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ARTHUR M.  HYOE, Secretary of Agriculture.
P&88. Adulteration of chloroform. U. S. v. S8SS Quarter-Pound Tins of Chloro- 
form. Default decree of condeinnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.    (F. & D. No. 16398,    S. Nos. E*-3959, E-3961.)
|0a June 20, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of
?ew York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
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District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 3,825 quarter-pound tins of chloroform, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped from Philadelphia, Pa., in various consignments, on or about January 
5, 12, 13, 14, and 21, 1922, respectively, and transported from the State of 
Pennsylvania into the'State of New York, and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act.
Analyses of samples of the article by this department showed that it was 
turbid, upon evaporation it left a foreign odor, and it contained impurities de- 
composable by sulphuric acid, and chlorinated decomposition products.
1t was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was- 
sold under and by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia and 
differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined bj 
the test laid down in said pharmacopoeia official at the time of investigation.
On August 3, 3929, 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. 
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ARTHUR M. P1YDE, Secretary o/ Agriculture.
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