NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 988.
(Siren pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBRANDING OF HUMBUG OIL.
On April 4, 1911, the United States Attorney for the District of 
Minnesota, acting upon the report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed information in the District Court of the United States against 
Mrs. J. F. Marshall Smith, alleging shipment by her, in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, on or about May 4, 1910, from the State of 
Minnesota into the State of Utah, of six boxes of a drug denominated 
" Humbug Oil," which was misbranded. The labels on these boxes 
contained the statement: " Humbug Oil relieves diphtheria of the 
most malignant type."
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry showed the product to con- 
sist of immiscible portions, one an oil 40 per cent by volume, half 
volatile (oil of turpentine), and half nonvolatile (apparently linseed 
oil) ; the other 60 per cent by volume, consisting of hydro-alcoholic 
solution of ammonia water, ammonium salts, and a volatile alkaloid, 
probably corn. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that these 
ingredients do not possess properties to relieve diphtheria of the most 
malignant type, and the statement on the label to that effect was, 
therefore, false and misleading.
On April 13,1911, the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $5.
JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 86,1911.
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