17625. Misbranding of   menthol   Inhalers.     U.   S.   v.   2?   Dozen   Packages   of
Menthol Inhalers. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction or sale. (F. & D. No. 24515. I. S. No. 022564. S. No. 
2806.)
Samples of a drug product known as Menthol Inhalers, having been found to 
bear in the labeling, curative and therapeutic claims not justified by its com- 
position, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to the United States 
attorney for the District of Colorado.
On February 10, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of 29 dozen packages of menthol inhalers, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages in Denver, Colo., consigned by the Walgreen Co.,- Chicago, Ill., 
alleging that the article had been shipped from Chicago, Ill., on or about June 
18, 1929, and had been transported from the State of Illinois into the State of 
Colorado, 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 it con- 
sisted of menthol.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements appearing on the package label and in the accompanying 
display card were false and fraudulent: (Package) "Menthol Inhaler Re- 
lieves Instantly Asthma, Hay Fever, Neuralgia * * * Catarrh, Influenza, 
Sore Throat,  Headache,  etc.;"   (display cards)   "Menthol Inhaler  Relieves
* *    *    Influenza, Hay Fever, Sore Throat, Headache, Asthma, Catarrh." 
On June 26, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the labels and display cards be destroyed and the product sold by the 
United States marshal. The decree further provides that if no buyer be found 
for the product that it be destroyed.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.