2134. Misbranding of I-Odoral Ointment.    U. S. v. 34 Jars     *     *     *    and 1 dis
play card.     (P. D. C. No. 21213.    Sample No. 53037-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    October 4,1946, Northern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about April 26, 1946, by the C. L. S. Products Cor-
poration, from Pittsburgh, Pa. The display card was delivered by a represen-
tative of the shipper on or about April 19,1946.
PRODUCT : 34 Jars of I-Odoral Ointment and a display card entitled "Try
I-Odoral for External Skin Conditions" at Cleveland, Ohio. Analysis showed
that the product consisted essentially of mercurous chloride (calomel) 4.57
percent, zinc oxide, and thymol iodide, in an ointment base.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the statements on the jar
and carton labels, "Acne Dry Eczema * * * Impetigo Ringworm
* * * and other common external skin conditions," the statements and
designs on the display card, "For External Skin Conditions Ringworm Ecthy-
ma Psoriasis Acne Erythema Nodosum Scabies * * * Impetigo Con-
tact Eczema Barbers Itch," and a design showing pictures of these conditions
were false and misleading since the statements and designs represented and
suggested that the product would be effective in the treatment of acne, dry
eczema, impetigo, ringworm and other common external skin conditions,
ecthyma, psoriasis, erythema nodosum, scabies, contact eczema, and barber's
itch, whereas the product would not be effective in the treatment of these condi-
tions; and, Section 502 (e) (2), the label failed to bear the common or usual
name of each of the active ingredients in the article, since the presence of zinc
oxide had not been revealed in the labeling, and since the label failed to bear a
statement of the quantity or proportion of calomel, a derivative of mercury,
present in the product.
DISPOSITION: November 8, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.