2044. Misbranding- of On The Nose   (drag;).    IT. S. v. 345 Packages of On The
Nose, and 500 leaflets.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 21016.    Sample No. 17700-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    September 23, 1946, Eastern District of Michigan.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about October 23,1944, by the Tested Specialties Co.,
from Gillett, Wis.
PRODUCT : 345 packages of On The Nose and 500 accompanying leaflets entitled
"On The Nose Keep Them Healthy" at Detroit, Mich. Analysis showed that
the product was a gray ointment containing benzoin and 13.7 percent of
mercury.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements In the
accompanying leaflets were false and misleading since they represented and
suggested that the product would be effective to keep dogs, cats, foxes, and
other fur animals healthy; that it would be effective against disease germs;
that it would be effective as a preventive or treatment of distemper, cough,
colds, catarrh, listlessness, drooping, colic, or indigestion; that it would be
effective as a laxative by changing abnormal conditions to normal; and that
it would be effective to prevent gripe, pain, or distress of pets. The product
would not be effective for the purposes represented and suggested.
DISPOSITION: November 5, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of
condemnation was entered and the product and leaflets were ordered destroyed.