7359. Misbranding of Injection Zip. U. S. * * * v. 3 Dozen Bottles of 
Injection Zip. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & t>. No. 10309.     I. S. No. 11915-r.     S. No. C-1227.)
On May 19, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Ohio, acting 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 condemna- 
tion of 3 dozen bottles of Injection Zip. at Cleveland, Ohio, alleging that the 
article had been shipped on or about April 8, 1919, by the Baker-Levy Chemical 
Co., Indianapolis, Ind., and transported from the State of Indiana into the 
State of Ohio, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: (On bottles) "Injection 
Zip * * * Guaranteed by The Baker-Levy Chemical Co., Indianapolis, Ind." 
(In circular) "Injection Zip * * * for male or female.. To be used for 
Gonorrhoea, Gleet and Leucorrhoea.   Cannot Produce Stricture."
Analysis of a sample of the article made in' the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it consisted essentially of acetates and sulphates of zinc 
and lead, opium, berberine, plant extractives, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that certain statements 
appearing on the bottle label and in the circular, and representing it as effective 
as a treatment for gonorrhoea, gleet, and leucorrhoea were false and fraudulent 
in that the article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capa-
ble of producing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed for it on the 
bottle label and [in the] accompanying circular.
On June 30, 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.
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E. D. BALL,. .
.Acting S.ecretary of Agriculture. .