29029. Misbranding of kidney tablets.    V. S. v. 29,900 Tablets.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.    (F.   &   D.   No.   42138.    Sample   No. 
9563-D.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent curative and therapeutic 
claims.
On April 7, 1938, the United States attorney for the Western District of Penn- 
sylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 29,900 tablets at Altoona, Pa.; 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
April 30, 1937, from Newark, N. Y., by Commercial Laboratories; and charging 
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article showed that the tablets contained men- 
thenamine, potassium nitrate, and extracts of plant drugs including cascara, 
buchu, and juniper.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the con- 
tainer, "Kidney Tablets," constituted a curative and therapeutic claim for the 
article that was false and fraudulent.
On June 21, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.