892. Misbranding: of Sill's Powder Treatment and Sill's Powder Foot Treatment.
U. S. v. 21 Packages of Sill's Powder Treatment and 30 Packages of Sills
Powder Foot Treatment. Default decree of condemnation. Product or-
dered destroyed.    (F. D. C. No. 7950.    Sample Nos. 73844-B, 73845-E.)
On or about August 28, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of
Kansas filed a libel at Topeka, Kans., against 21 packages of Sill's Powder Treat-
ment land 30 packages of Sill's Powder Foot Treatment, alleging that the articles
had been shipped on or about February 17 and March 27, 1942, by the Sills
Company from Vinita, Okla.
Analysis of a sample showed that the composition of the two products was
the same, consisting essentially of salicylic acid, small proportions of bismuth
subcarbonate, ammonium alum, boric acid, and aspirin in a base of talc.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements made in the
labeling, which represented and suggested that it was an effective treatment
for the relief of feet that itch, scald, crack, blister, burn, ache, swell, and tire
quickly, for offensive perspiring feet, painful, calloused feet, and as a general
skin remedy; that it would check foot and skin disorders at their start; that it
would afford relief for externally caused skin disorders on any part of the body;
that it would gradually replace infected, germ-infested, growth-covered, and
offensive tissues with a normal epidermfs with unobstructed pores which would
allow an evenly divided inoffensive perspiration; and that it would be an effective
treatment for corns on top of toes, warts, and deeply embedded callouses, trench
foot, chillblains, tender spots on feet, ingrown nail discomfort, bunion discomfort,
sore corns, itch, water poisonings, poison ivy, impetigo, or 'summer sores,'
itching of eczema, scalp irritations, fever blisters, pimples, and irritations, itching
piles, checking boils, animal sores, and for mange or similar skin disorders on
cats and dogs, were false and misleading since it would not be effective for
such purposes.
On October 27, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
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