19858. Misbranding of   Bock   Toa   rheumatic   remedy.     V.   S.   v.   4   Cases,
et al., of Bock Toa Rheumatic Remedy. Default decrees of con- 
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (2029-A, 2042-A. F. & D. 
Nos. 28310, 28331.)
Examination of the drug product involved in these actions disclosed that 
the article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of 
producing certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed on the bottle label.
On May 12 and May 24, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of 
Colorado,  acting upon reports by the  Secretary of Agriculture,  filed in the
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 4 cases, 18 short quart bottles, and 40 pint bottles ( 
of Bock Toa rheumatic remedy, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Denver, Colo., consigned by Bock Toa Hong & Co., San Francisco, Calif., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
April 24, 1932, from San Francisco, Calif!, to Denver, Colo., and charging mis- 
branding 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 small portions of extracts of plant drugs, sugar, alcohol, 
and water.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said 
article, appearing on the bottle label, were false and fraudulent, since it con- 
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the 
effects claimed: "Rheumatic remedy * * * to be used for Lumbago, 
Rheumatism, and Pains."
On July 7 and August 1, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the prop- 
erty, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States 
marshal.
HENEY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.