5125.?Misbranding; of Knoxit.    U. S. ?* ?*    *   v. 11J Dozen Bottles, More  or
less, of Kuoxit.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 10131.    I. S. No. 6087-1'.     S. No. C-1182.)
On May 3, 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 Springfield, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped on?
or about March 1, 1919, 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 essentially of a dilute aqueous solution of?
zinc acetate and hydrastis perfumed with oil of rose.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in that certain statements?
appearing on the carton enclosing, on the label on the bottle, containing, and in?
the circulars accompanying the article, regarding the curative aud therapeutic?
effects of the article, falsely and fraudulently represented the article to be a?
prophylactic and remedy for catarrhal affections of the eye, nose, throat, and?
inflammations of the mucous membranes, and beneficial in the treatment of?
hemorrhoids, ulcers, and cankers, and in the obstinate cases of inflammation?
of the bladder, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not effective.
On November 19, 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.