19664. Misbranding of  Lekotoria.     IT.   S.  v.  23  Bottles   of  Lekotoria.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (8629- 
A.    F. & D. No. 28299.)
Examination of the drug product Lekotoria involved in this action showed 
that the article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable 
of producing certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed for it on the bottle 
labels.
On May 10, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western District of New 
York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel, and on May 24, 
1932 an amended libel, praying seizure and condemnation of 23 bottles of 
Lekotoria, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Lackawanna, N. Y. 
It was alleged in the libel as amended that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce, on or about March 15, 1932, by the Karnack-Ambrosia Co., 
from Scranton, Pa., to Lackawanna, N. Y., and that it was misbranded in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it consisted 
essentially of extracts of plant drugs including aloe, sugar, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel as amended for the reason 
that the following statements appearing in the labeling, were false and fraudu- 
lent: (Bottle label, large) "Healing * * * Invaluable aid in treating the 
following ailments: Stomach trouble, catarrh of the stomach, kidney and liver 
trouble, piles, weak nerves, * * * rheumatic and gouty pains, lungs, inflam- 
mation and other ailments caused by improper digestion, * * * and weak 
and impure blood; " (bottle label, small) " Healing."
On June 17, 1932, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.