7353. Misbranding of Knoxit.    TJ. S.    *    *    *   v. 17 Dozen Bottles of Knoxit.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 10506.    I. S. No. 13021-r.    S. No. E-1482.)
On June 3, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district a libel of information praying the seizures 
and condemnation of 17 dozen bottles of Knoxit, consigned on November 13, 
1918, by the Beggs Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., from Gibson, Ind., remaining unsold 
in the original unbroken packages at Worcester, Mass., alleging that the article
had been shipped and transported from the State of Indiana into the Common- 
wealth of Massachusetts, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it consisted essentially of acetate of zinc, hydrastis, 
glycerin, and water perfumed with .oil of r.ose.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel of information 
for} the -reason that certain statements appearing on the carton inclosing, and 
on the babel on the bottle containing the article, regarding the curative and 
therapeutic effects thereof/to wit, (carton)-"Knoxit the Great "Prophylactic-and' 
Gonorrhoea Remedy. Relieves in one to live days.'Guaranteed hot to cause 
stricture," (bottle label) "Knoxit Liquict tlie great I%ophylactic and Gonor- 
i-bwa; Remedy, will not cause stricture. Knoxit is invaluable for Leucorrhoea or 
yfhites,';. were false, and fraudulent in that'the article contained ho ingredient 
or combination of ingredients capable Of producing the effects claimed for it. 
, On September C>, 3919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of .concleinnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the.product.be destroyed'by theJJnited States marshal.
ED. BAIL, 
Acting] Secretary of Agriculture.