7383. Misbranding of Knoxit. tl. S. * * * v. 31 Bottles of * * * Knoxit. 
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture   and destruction.     (F. &
D. Nos. 10181, 10182.     I. S. Nos. 13915-r, 13910-r.
'    S. No. E-1329.)
On May 2, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New 
York, 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 con- 
demnation of 31 bottles of Knoxit, consisting of 10 bottles of Knoxit Globules 
and 21 bottles of Knoxit Liquid, at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging- that the article 
had been shipped on or about March 30, 1919, by the Beggs Mfg. Co., Chicago, 
111., and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of New York, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. 
The articles were labeled in part: "32 Knoxit Globules Cystitis Beggs Manu- 
facturing Co., Chicago-Toronto Price $1.00-;" and "3J oz. Knoxit Liquid The 
Great Prophylactic. Call for by name only. Avoid substitutes. Prepared by 
Beggs Manufacturing Co., Chicago-Toronto Price $1.00    *    *   '*."
Analyses of samples of the articles 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 
oleOresins, including copaiba balsam and oil of cassia. 
Misbranding of the articles was alleged iii substance in the libel for the 
reason that the statements appearing on the cartons, bottle labels, and in the 
circulars accompanying the article, regarding the curative and therapeutic 
effects thereof, were false and fraudulent in that the articles contained no 
ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects 
claimed for them.
On May 15, 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 should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, 
Acting Secretary of AgrieUlture.