'S041. Misbranding of Knoxit. XJ. S. * * * v. 5 Dojen Bottles, More or?
Jjess, of Kjuoxit. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 9027.     I. S. No. 6881-r.     S. No. C-1114.)
On March 21, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Missouri, 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 a certain quantity of a certain article, labeled in part " Knoxit,"?
at St. Joseph, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about Novem??
ber 5,1918, by the Beggs Mfg. Co., Chicago, 111., and transported from the State of?
Illinois into the State of Missouri, and charging misbranding in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted of a dilute aqueous solution containing?
glycerin, zinc acetate, and hydrastis, perfumed with oil of rose.
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Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel in that cer??
tain statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the article,?
appearing in the circular accompanying, on the carton enclosing, and on the?
label on the bottles containing the article, falsely and fraudulently represented?
the article to be a prophylactic, and to be a remedy for gonorrhoea, blennorrhoea,?
catarrhal affections of the eye, nose, throat, and genito-urinary organs, inflam??
mation, hemorrhoids, ulcers, eyes, and throat, whereas, in truth and in fact,?
it was not effective.
. On December 9, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment 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 Secretary of Agriculture.