2382. Misbranding of Ultra-Tone Magic Salve.    U. S. v. 87 Tubes, etc.    (F. D. C.
No. 23953.   Sample Nos. 33014-K, 33015-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 7,1947, Northern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about July 15,1947, by the Ultra Chemical Products,
from Honolulu, Hawaii.
PRODUCT: 87 ? -ounce tubes and 27 14-gram tins of Ultra-Tone Magic Salve
at San Francisco, Calif. Examination showed that the product contained
salicylic acid, benzoic acid, and boric acid, in a petrolatum base.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements on the
label of the article were false and misleading, since they represented and
suggested that the article was efficacious in the treatment and prevention of
fungi itch, barbers' itch, insect bites, ringworm, pimples, scabies, eczema,
boils, cuts, itchy sldn, scaly skin conditions, and irritations caused by external
factors, whereas the article was not efficacious in the treatment and prevention
of such disease conditions.
DISPOSITION: February 27, 1948. Default decree of condemnation and de-
struction.