?43. 3Ii*bEaiM&n?; -of Htelra?-Quinine Sair T-mOc    U. S. v. 5 1-Gallon Bottles and
6 8-Ounce Bottles of Hicks' Quinine Hair Tonic.    Default decree of con- /
deranation and destruction.    <F. D. C. No. 6218.    Sample No. 70127-E.) i
The labeling of this product bore false and misleading representations re-?<
garding its efficacy in the conditions indicated hereinafter.   The label also?V
failed to bear an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents and the?/
common or usual names of the active ingredients present.
On December 1, 1941, the United States attorney for the Western District of
North Carolina filed a libel against the above-named product at Asheville, N. C,
alleging that it had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about June 2,
1941, by J. A. Hicks from Jacksonville, Fla.; and charging that it was
misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article showed that it consisted essentially of
alcohol (approximately 61 percent by volume), salicylic acid (approximately
0.9 percent), quinine sulfate, water, and perfume materials.
The article was alleged to be misbranded (1) in that the statements on the
label, "Quinine Hair Tonic, * * * for eczema, alapacia, dandruff, itching
scalp. Will promote the growth of the hair," were false and misleading as
applied to an article that does not act as a tonic for the hair and does not
constitute an adequate treatment for the disease condition for which it was
represented; (2) in that its label failed to bear an accurate statement of the
quantity of the contents; and (3) in that the label failed to bear the common
or usual names of the active ingredients.
On December 31, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condem-
nation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.