10638. Misbranding of1 Red Cross tansy pills. U. S. * * * v. 2 Dozen?
Packages of * * * Red Cross Tansy Pills. Default decree of?
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 13749.    I. S.
No. 10372-t.    S. No. W-758.)
On October 2, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
California, 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 2 dozen packages of Red Cross tansy pills, remaining in the?
original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article?
had been shipped by the McCullough Drug Co., Lawrenceburg, Ind., March 2,?
1920, and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of California,?
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 the pills consisted essentially of aloes and iron sulphate?
with a coating of sugar, iron oxid, and calcium carbonate.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded in?
that it was labeled in part on the carton containing the said article and in the?
accompanying booklet, as follows, (carton) " * * * Relieves Cases of ob??
structions of long standing and the Regulation of Female Complaints," (book??
let) " * * * Sure Relief in cases of obstructions of long standing and the?
Regulation of all Female ^Complaints * * * safe and sure as a monthly?
regulator. * * * Suppression of menstruation * * * The object of this?
remedy is to relieve this abnormal condition, and long experience in its use?
has demonstrated beyond a doubt its efficacy. * * * no experiment, but?
an assured success, and all who require a remedy of this kind should use?
Red Cross Tansy Pills. * * * For Suppressed Menstruation, For Painful?
Menstruation, And a Preventive For Irregular Menstruation. * * * They?
always are sure and leave no bad effects. * * * They are undoubtedly a?
great help to those who need them. * * * They work like magic. * * *?
Sure Cure * * *," which statements were false and fraudulent, since the?
said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of?
producing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed.
On May 9, 1921, 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.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.