10590. Misbranding- of Goodwin's Cold Breakers.    U. S. v. 17% Dozen Pacfl,
ages of Goodwin's  Cold Breakers.    Default  decree of condemn^ 
tion, forfeiture, and destruction.     (P. & D. No. 23424.     I. S. No. 034?' 
S. No. 1623.)
On February 25, 1929, the United States attorney for the Northern Distrifi
of West Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed w
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizujl
and condemnation of 17% dozen packages of Goodwin's Cold Breakers, remail
ing in the original packages at Wheeling, W. Va., alleging that the article hffl
been shipped by the Senoret Chemical Co., from St. Louis, Mo., on or aboT
December 24, 1928, and transported from the State'of Missouri into the Sta?.. 
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|of West Virginia, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs 
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lact as amended. 
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*   Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that the tablets 
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| contained aeetanilide, aloin, strychnine, and extracts of plant drugs including 
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[& laxative drug.
It was alleged in the libel that the aiticle was misbranded in that the state-        ? ? 
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fments upon the containers (carton)  "For   *   "    "    LaGrippe and Neuralgia. 
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-*   *   *    [Geiman and other foreign languages] Against   *   -"    *?   grippe, neu- 
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-ralgia," were false and misleading.    Misbranding was alleged for the further 
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Jjfeason that the following statements appealing in the label,  (ciicular)  " B'or 
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f*   *   ?" , LaGrippe, take (1) tablet every hour until four (4)  are taken, then 
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one (1) every four (4) hours until relieved. * * * For * * !" Neu- 
ralgia, take two (2) tablets, and repeat in one (1) hour if necessary * * * 
I (German and other foreign languages] Against * * * an attack of grippe 
'?an adult should take one tablet eveiy hour until four have been taken, then 
>one tablet every four hours until improvement is noted," were false and fraudu- 
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"lent in that the article contained no ingredient or combination of ingiedients 
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capable of producing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed. 
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The charge recommended by this department was that the above-quoted state- 
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^aents from the carton container and ciicular were false and fiaudulent. 
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On May 22, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the couit that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. 
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ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.