18484. Misbranding of Devore laxative cold and grippe tablets. U. S. v. 
30 Packages of Devore Laxative Cold and Grippe Tablets. De- 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &D.
No. 25903.    I. S. No. 12856.    S. No. 4122.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Devore laxative cold and grippe 
tablets, from the shipment herein described having shown that the carton label 
bore statements representing that the article possessed curative and therapeutic 
properties which it did not possess, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of California.
On February 14, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 30 packages of Devore laxative cold and grippe tablets, re- 
maining in the original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Devore Manufacturing Co., from 
Columbus, Ohio, on or about December 12, 1929, and had been transported from 
the State of Ohio into the State of California, 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 each 
tablet contained acetanilid (2 grains), cinchona alkaloids, camphor, aloin, and, 
extracts of plant drugs.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- 
ing statements on the packages, regarding the curative or therapeutic effects 
of the said article, were false and fraudulent: "Grippe Tablets * * * A 
quick and effective remedy for Grippe   *   *   *   Neuralgia, Malaria, etc."
On June 27, 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.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.