7286. Misbranding of Knoxit Globules. U. S. * * * v. ' 09 Bottles of Knoxit Globules. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 10366. I. S. No. 2383-r. S. No. W-372.) On May 19, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, act- ing upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 69 bottles of Knoxit Globules, remaining unsold in the original 'unbroken packages at Portland, Ore., alleging that the article had been shipped on March 11, 1919, by the Beggs Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Oregon, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: (On bottle) "Knoxit Globules." (In circular) "Knoxit Globules for the treatment of Inflammation of the Mucous Membrane." (The aforesaid statement was also set out in other languages besides the English language.) "Globules Knoxit, especially prepared with the view not solely of curing Gonorrhoea and Blennorrhcea, but to have at the same time a soothing and efficacious action on the Kidneys and Bladder." Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- partment showed that the article consisted essentially of a mixture of volatile and fixed oils and resins, including copaiba balsam and cinnamon. Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance for the reason that the above-quoted statements borne on the labels of the bottles and included in the circular accompanying the article, regarding the curative and therapeutic ef- fects thereof and the ingredients and substances contained therein, were false and fraudulent in that it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed for it. On August 14, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.