14216. >Iisl>i-andiiig- of San-Toi kidney and Madder pills.     U. S. v. 6 Dozen
Bottles and 12 Dozen Bottles of San-Tox Kidney and Bladder Pills. 
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (P. & ----
D. No. 20750.     I. S..Nos. 703-s, 794-x.    S. No. W-1S4S.)
On January 16, 1926, 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 praying seizure and 
condemnation of 6 dozen small-size bottles and 12 dozen large-size bottles of 
San-Tox kidney and bladder pills, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at San Francisco. Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
DePree Co., from Chicago, Ill., on or about December 16, 1925, and transported 
from the State of Illinois into the State of California, and charging misbrand- 
ing in violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of samples of the 
article showed that the pills contained potassium nitrate and material derived 
from plants including juniper oil, Venice turpentine, and extracts of cascara 
sagrada, uva ursi, and pichi.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that the following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic 
effects of the said article, borne on the labels: (Bottle) "Kidney and Bladder 
Pills," (carton) "Kidney And Bladder Pills Recommended for derangements of 
the kidneys and bladder," together with statements of similar import contained 
in an accompanying circular, were false and fraudulent, since it contained.no 
ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects 
claimed.
On March 26, 1926, 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. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.