25365. Misbranding of  Vegl-Lax.     U.   S.  v.   14  Cartons  of  Ve^i-Lax.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 36519.    Sample 
no. 47129-B.)
This action involved a product sold as an ingredient to be added to the 
customary ingredients used in making bread and represented to be effective in 
imparting a laxative effect to such bread. Examination showed that when used 
according to directions it would impart to such bread no appreciable laxative 
effect
On October 15, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 14 cartons of Vegi-Lax at 
Macomb, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about July 26, 1935, by Bakers Research Corporation, from St. Louis, Mo.,
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended. , 
The article was labeled in part: "Bakes 200 Loaves Vegi-Lax For Ownen's ' 
Original Laxative Bread."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the label, 
"Vegi-Lax For Ownen's Original Laxative Bread", was false and fraudulent, 
since the article, when used as directed on the label in baking 200 loaves of 
bread of ordinary size, would impart to such bread no appreciable laxative 
effect.
On December 17, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
R. G. TTTGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.