28986. Misbranding of aspirin.   TJ. S. v. 291 Packages of Aspirin.   Default decree
of  condemnation  and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.   41818.     Sample   No. 
9154-D.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent representations regard- 
ing its curative and therapeutic effects.
On February 24, 1938, the United States attorney for the Middle District of 
Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 291 packages [retail 
tins] of aspirin tablets in display cartons at Dothan, Ala., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 8, 1937, 
by Penslar Co., Inc., from Detroit, Mich., and charging misbranding in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements 
regarding its curative or therapeutic effects, borne on the display carton, were 
false and fraudulent: "Lumbago, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Toothache and Ear- 
ache."
On May 18, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.