3497. Misbranding of Bob's  Gypsy Rub liniment.   U.  S. v. 12 Bottles, etc.
(F. D. 0. No. 30912.    Sample Nos. 12771-L, 12772-E.)
LIBEL FILED :   April 17,1951, District of Colorado.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about June 13, 1950, by the C. G. Smith Products
Co., from Blytheville, Ark.
PRODUCT: Bob's Gypsy Rub liniment. 12 6-ounce bottles* 8 2-ounce bottles,
12 1-pint bottles, and 12 ,1-quart bottles at Denver, Colo., together with a
number of booklets entitled "Bob's Gypsy Rub No. 1."
Analysis showed that the product consisted essentially of wintergreen,
menthol, ether, and belladonna alkaloids.
LABEL, IN PART: "Bob's Gypsy Rub Liniment * * * Contains: Menthol,
Oil of Wintergreen, Oil of Eucalyptus, Tincture of Belladonna, Camphorated
Oil, and Ether."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements on the
labels of the article and in the booklet were false and misleading. The
statements represented and suggested that the article was an adequate and ef-
fective treatment for common colds, neuritis, arthritis, rheumatism, stiff or
painful joints or muscles, asthma, headaches, lumbago, tonsillitis, sinusitis, os-
teomyelitis, bruised bones, corns and bunions of humans, ruptured tendons,
curbs, bone spavins, splints, sore shoulders, quarter cracks, ossicle trouble, sesa-
moid trouble, suspensory trouble, shipping colds, pneumonia, kidney trouble,
sore ligaments, sore joints, stiff joints, sore legs, soreness of all kinds, shipping
soreness, lameness, sickness, bad legs, all swellings, cuts, colds, threatening
pneumonia, and capped hocks of horses; that the article would keep horses in
good working condition; that it would prevent colds in horses; that it would per-
form a miracle; and that it would remove scar tissue. The article was not an
adequate and effective treatment for such conditions, and it would not fulfill the
promises of benefit made for it.
Further misbranding, Section 502 (e) (2), the article was fabricated from
two or more ingredients, and its label failed to bear the quantity of ether
and belladonna alkaloids contained therein.
DISPOSITION : June 4, 1951. The C. G. Smith Products Co. having executed an
acceptance of service and authorization for taking of final decree, judgment
of condemnation was entered and the court ordered that the product be
destroyed.