NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1089.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBRANDING OP GIN.
On November 20, 1909, the United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Louisiana, acting upon the report of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said 
district a libel praying condemnation and forfeiture of three barrels 
of gin in 'the possession of Ferriday Liquor Co., Ferriday, La. The 
product was labeled: "Mobile Buck Gin; regain your lost courage, 
vim, vigor, energy; Useful in troubles of the kidneys, bladder, and 
urinary orKans. Does not contain any harmful or deleterious sub- 
stances or adulterants. Blumenthal & Bickart, Inc., Baltimore, 
Md.    *    *    *."
Examination made by the Bureau of Chemistry of the United 
States Department of Agriculture of samples of this product showed 
that it did not possess the medicinal qualities claimed for it in the 
label. The libel alleged that after transportation from the State of 
Maryland into the State of Louisiana the gin was offered for sale 
in the Western District of Louisiana, and was misbranded, in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, because it was not 
a drug or liquor of the character imported by the label above quoted; 
because the label was misleading in that it was calculated to mislead 
the purchaser into the belief that the product was of a medicinal char- 
acter ; and because the label failed to bear a statement of the quantity 
or proportion of the alcohol contained in the product.
On April 10, 1911, the cause came on for hearing, and no claimant 
having appeared and no answer having been filed, the court issued 
its decree, condemning and forfeiting the said three barrels of gin 
to the use of the United States for the causes alleged in the libel, and
ordering the sale thereof.
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 25,1911.
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