7312. Misbranding of   Knoxit   Globules   and  Knoxit   Liquid.    U.   S.   *    *   *
v. 16 Bottles of Knoxit Globules and 40 Bottles of Knoxit Liquid. 
Default    decrees    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 10411.     I.  S. Nos, 14996-r, 14998-r.     S. No. E-1447.)
On May 24, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 16 bottles of Knoxit Globules and 40 bottles of Knoxit' 
Liquid, consigned by the Beggs Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., remaining unsold in the 
original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had 
been shipped on or about February 12, 1919, and transported from the State of 
Illinois into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging misbranding in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
The article was labeled in part, " Knoxit Liquid. The Great Prophylactic for 
Inflammations of the Mucous Membranes Prepared only by Beggs Manufactur- 
ing Co., Chicago-Toronto," and in part, "Knoxit Globules Cystitis Beggs Manu- 
facturing Co., Chicago-Toronto."
Analysis of samples of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that the Knoxit Liquid consisted essentially of zinc acetate, 
alkaloids of hydrastis, glycerin, and water perfumed with oil of rose, and that 
the Knoxit Globules consisted essentially of a mixture of volatile oils and oleO- 
resins, including copaiba balsam and oil of cassia.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the rea- 
son that the labels, cartons, and circulars contained certain statements, regard- 
ing the curative or therapeutic effects of the article or the ingredients or sub- 
stances contained therein, representing the article as a treatment, remedy, cure, 
?and prophylactic for inflammation of the mucous membranes, cystitis, gonorrhoea, 
and blennorrhcea, and having at the same time an action soothing and efficacious 
on the kidneys and bladder, which statements were false and fraudulent in that 
the article would not produce the curative or therapeutic effects which the pur- 
chasers were led to expect thereby, and which were applied to the article with 
a knowledge of their falsity for the purpose of defrauding the purchasers 
thereof.
On June 16, 1919, no claimants having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
0. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.