8556.?Misbranding   of Iridium's  Paste.    TJ.   S.     *     *     *     v.  1J  Dozen  Pack?
ages of Ludlum's Paste. Default decree of condemnation, forfei??
ture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 10856. I. S, No. 13446-r. S. No.?
E-1629.)
On July 8, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District, pf?
Pennsylvania, acting- upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 11 dozen packages of Ludlum's Paste, remaining in the?
original unbroken packages at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had?
been shipped by the Williams Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio, oh or about Decem??
ber 1, 1917, and transported from the State of Ohio into the State of Pennsyl??
vania, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as?
amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted of copaiba, cubebs, and oil of sassafras in a?
fatty base.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that certain statements appearing on the circulars accompanying the article,
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regarding the curative and therapeutic effects thereof, to wit, " Dr. Ludlum's?
Paste for Gonorrhoea and Complaints of the Organs of Generation. Dr. Lud??
lum's Paste for Gonorrhoea * * *," were false and fraudulent in that the?
article did not contain any ingredient or combination of ingredients capable?
of producing the effects claimed.
On June 25, 1920, 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.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.