17645. Misbranding of   Mentho-Sanillo.    U.   S.   v.   50   Bottles   of   Mentbo-
Sqaillo.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction entered.
(F. & D. No. 24783.    I. S. No. 037564.    S. No. 3148.)
An examination of a drug product known as Mentho-Squillo, having shown 
that the labels bore certain claims of curative and therapeutic effects that the 
article was unable to accomplish, the Secretary of Agriculture reported to the 
United States attorney for the Southern District of Texas the following 
interstate shipment involving a quantity of the product.
On May 26, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 50 bottles of Mentho-Squillo, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Houston, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Mansfield Drug Co., from Baton Rouge, La., March 6, 1930, and had 
been transported from the State of Louisiana into the State of Texas, 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 
consisted essentially of acetic acid, menthol, ethyl nitrite (0.05 grain per fluid 
ounce), alcohol (6.9 per cent), sugar, and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
following statements borne on the bottle and carton labels were false and 
fraudulent: (Bottle label) "Syrup Mentho-Squillo * * * as needed in 
coughs;" (carton) " The famous cough remedy * * * coughs, Sore Throat, 
Croup, Tonsilitis."
On June 28, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.