17095. Misbranding of Selso beadacbe powders.    U. S. v. 36 Dozen Packages
of Selso Headacbe Powders. Default decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 23537. I. S. No. 012527. 
S. No. 1719.)
On April 8, 1929, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 36 dozen packages of Selso headache powders, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Birmingham, Ala., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Standard Manufacturing Laboratories, from Macon, Ga., on 
or about July 19, 1928, and transported from the State of Georgia into the State 
of Alabama, 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 pow- 
ders contained acetylsalicylic acid, acetphenetidin, and caffeine.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that certain 
statements in the labeling were false and misleading in that the envelope con-
taining the article bore the word " Safe " and the circular contained in the pack- 
ages inclosing the article bore the words, " Selso Headache Powder-is composed 
of * * * ingredients * * * to insure safety * * * and harmless- 
ness * * * also safe," whereas the article contained acetylsalicylic acid, 
acetphenetidin, and caffeine. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason 
that the following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of 
the article were false and fraudulent, since the article contained no ingredient 
or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed: (En- 
velope) " For   *    *    *    Earache   *    *    *   Neuralgia   *    *    *   Female Pains
* * * Grippe * * * For Nervousness * * * Grippe, Female Pains;" 
(circulars) "Effective in Neuralgia * * * Grippe, Nervousness, Female 
Pains,  Sleeplessness    *    *    *    Neuralgia    *    *    *    "Women's Periodic Pains
* * * Grippe * * * to reduce fever caused by * * * Tonsilitis or 
wounds * * * effective in * * * Backache, Rheumatism, Neuritis and 
Sciatica. * * * for Neuralgia * * * One powder every * * * until 
symptoms disappear."
On October 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.
ABTHXTB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.