7797. Misbranding of Saxon Gonorrhea Injection. TJ. S. * * * v. 3 SO Bot- 
tles of Saxon Gonorrhea. Injection. Default tlecrec of condemna- 
tion, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 11561. I. S. No. 254G-r. 
S. No. W-557.)
On December 22,1919, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
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 condemnation' 
of 180 bottles of Saxon Gonorrhea Injection, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on or about June 18, 1919, by the Saxon Co., Cleveland, Ohio, and transported 
from the State of Ohio into the State of Colorado, and charging misbranding 
under the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of the article made by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department 
showed that it consisted essentially of an aqueous solution of salts of lead and 
zinc, and berberine.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects thereof, ap- 
pearing on the labels and carton accompanying the article, falsely and fraudu- 
lently represented that the article was a treatment, remedy, and cure for 
gonorrhoea, gleet, and the prevention of stricture, whereas, in truth and in fact, it 
was hot.
On January 21, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, default 
decree of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Becretary of Agriculture.