United States v. Mrs. W. B. Wood, Jr.

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

This case arose on a libel of information, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, under Section 304(a) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S. C.A. § 334(a), praying seizure and condemnation of an article of drug known as “Diabena.” The libel alleged that the drug had been shipped in interstate commerce; that certain descriptive literature became associated with it after its interstate shipment; and that it was misbranded and subject to condemnation because this accompanying labeling falsely represented that the drug would be effective in the treatment of…