19160. Misbranding of  Renolin.    IT.   S.  v.  34 Bottles   of  Renolin.    Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
27213.    I. S. No. 38817.    S. No. 5354.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Renolin, from the shipment 
herein described showed that the label represented that the article contained 
no injurious drugs, whereas it contained drugs that might be injurious. The 
labeling also bore statements representing that the article possessed curative 
and therapeutic properties which it did not possess.
On November 5, 1931, the United States attorney for the District of Mas- 
sachusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying sei- 
zure and condemnation of 34 bottles of Renolin, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Renolin Co., from Bradford, N. H., on or about September 5, 1931, and 
had been transported from the State of New Hampshire into the State of 
Massachusetts, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs 
act as amended.
Examination of a sample of the article by this department showed that it 
consisted of tablets containing 0.52 gram of cinchophen each.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ment, "Renolin * * * Contains no injurious * * * drugs," was false 
and misleading. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the fol- 
lowing statements appearing in the labeling, regarding the curative or thera- 
peutic effects of the said article, were false and fraudulent, since it contained 
no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects 
claimed: (Bottle label) "A Relief for Rheumatism;" (carton) "A Relief for 
Rheumatism;" (circular) "A Relief for Rheumatism * * * a relief for 
Rheumatism, Arthritis, Neuritis, Sciatica, * * * Lumbago * * * In 
acute and stubborn cases   *   *   *   Rheumatic Relief."
On December 7, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.