18187. Misbranding of Ac-Ac.    V. S. v. 4% Dozen Bottles of Ac-Ac.    Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
25148.    I. S. No. 7400.    S. No. 3409.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Ac-Ac, from the shipments herein 
described having shown that the bottle label contained statements representing 
that the article possessed curative and therapeutic properties which it did not, 
the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney 
for the Southern District of Mississippi.
On September 17, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of four and one-half dozen bottles of Ac-Ac, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Meridian, Miss., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Approved Formulas Corporation, Birmingham, Ala., in part on or about 
April 11, 1930, and in part on or about May 21, 1930, and had been transported 
from the State of Alabama into the State of Mississippi, and charging misbrand- 
ing in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The bottles containing 
the article were labeled in part: "Ac-Ac * * * For Influenza * * * For 
Pains of Any Character."
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of acetylsalicylic acid, acetanilid, caffeine, glycerin, alcohol, 
and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that certain 
statements appearing in the label represented that the article was
' indicated or 
recommended in cases of influenza and for pains of any character, which state- 
ments were false and fraudulent, since the article did not have the said curative 
or therapeutic effects.
On March 25, 1931, 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.
AETHTJE M. HTDB, Secretary of Agriculture.