, 24662. Adulteration  and misbranding of Elixir Ampirin.     U.   S. v.  10  Bottles 
of Elixir Ampirin.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. no. 34682.    Sample no. 14238-B.)
This case involved a  drug preparation  which was  adulterated  and  mis-' 
•branded, since it contained less acetanilide and less alcohol than declared on the 
Idabel    The article was further misbranded because of unwarranted curative 
and therapeutic claims in the labeling.
On January 2, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 10 bottles of Elixir 
Ampirin at Richmond, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about July 7, 1934, by W. Scott Hunt, from Oxford, 
N. C, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis showed that the article consisted essentially of salicylic acid (20.6 
grains per fluid ounce), acetanilide (6.45 grains per fluid ounce), alcohol (30.7 
percent), extracts of plant materials, and water.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that its strength fell below the 
professed standard and quality under which it was sold, namely, "Alcohol, 39 
percent; Acetanilide, 7 Grains to Each Fluid Ounce."
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, "Con- 
tents: Alcohol, 39 percent; Acetanilide, 7 Grains to each Fluid Ounce", was 
false and misleading, since it contained less than 39 percent of alcohol and less 
than 7 grains of acetanilide to each fluid ounce. Misbranding was alleged for 
the further reason that the following statements borne on the label were state- 
ments regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article and were false 
and fraudulent: "Grippe; * * * Nervousness, Loss of Sleep, and Physical 
and Mental Strain."
On April 23, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.