1788. Misbranding: of Old Hickory Ointment.    IT. S. v. 69 Jars of Old Hickory
Ointment.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F   D.  C.
No. 16640.    Sample Nos. 555-H, 556-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 28, 1945, Northern District of Georgia.
ALLEGED"SHIPMENT: On or about January 25, 1944, and April 16, 1945, by the
Old Hickory Medicine Co., from Chattanooga, Tenn.
PRODUCT : 22 1?-ounce jars and 47 ?-ounce jars of Old Hickory Ointment
at Atlanta, Ga. Examination showed that the product consisted essentially
of zinc oxide, salicylic acid, calomel, carbolic acid, camphor, menthol, and
petrolatum.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label statements, "Acne,
Barber's Itch, Tetter, * * * Eczema, Scabies, *. * * Psoriasis,
* * * Poison Ivy, Poison Oak," were false and misleading since the product
would not be effective in the treatment of the conditions named; and (?-
ounce size only), Section 502 (e), the product was fabricated from two or
more ingredients and its label failed to bear a statement of the quantity or
proportion of calomel, a mercury derivative, present in it.
DISPOSITION: August 1, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con-
demnation was entered and' the product was ordered destroyed.