17753. Misbranding of Goldban's Celebrated 449 remedy. U. S. v. 10 
Dozen Bottles of Goldban's Celebrated 449 Remedy. Default de- 
cree   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction. (F.  &  D.   No.
25146.    I. S. No. 3515.    S. No. 3402.)
Examination of samples of a drug product, known as Goldban's Celebrated 
449 remedy, from the herein-described interstate shipment having shown that 
the labels bore claims of curative and therapeutic properties that the article 
did not possess, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United 
States attorney for the District of New Jersey.
On September 17, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 10 dozen bottles of Goldban's Celebrated 449 remedy, 
remaining in the original unbroken packages at Camden, N. J., alleging that the
article had been shipped by Hance Bros. & White (Inc.), Philadelphia, Pa., in 
part on or about January 24, 1930, and in part on or about June 23, 1930, and 
had been transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of New 
Jersey, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as 
amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of potassium nitrate, methenamine, small amounts of ex- 
tracts of plant drugs including uva ursi, alcohol and water, flavored with 
methyl salicylate.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- 
ing statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the said article, 
appearing on the bottle and carton labels, were false and fraudulent, since it 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the 
effects claimed: (Bottle) "Reliable Remedy for Diseases of the Kidneys, Liver 
and Urinary Organs, the symptoms of which are Dropsy, Pain in the Back and 
Loins, Hot, Dry Skin, Failing Sight, Sleeplessness, Loss of Appetite and General 
Low Spirits; " (carton) "A Reliable Remedy for Diseases of the Kidneys, Liver 
and Urinary Organs, the Symptoms of Which Are Dropsy, Pain in the Back and 
Loins, Hot, Dry Skin, Failing Sight, Sleeplessness, Loss of Appetite and General 
Low Spirits. * * * Relieves Weak Back, Backache, Congestion of the Kid- 
neys, Rheumatism, Inflammation of the Bladder, Gravel, Scalding Urine, etc. 
* * * For Lumbago, Weak-Back, Stone in the Bladder, Bright's Disease, 
Diabetes, Gravel, Dropsy, Gout, Rheumatism and all Urinary Troubles Resulting 
in Sleeplessness, Pains in the Back, Loss of Appetite and General Low Spirits."
On October 29, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHTJE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.