5454.?Misbranding- of S. O. S.    U. S.     *     *     *    v. 3 Dozen Packages of S. O. S.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, .and destruction.     (F. & ?
D. No. 10503.    I. S. No. 15003-r.    S. No. E-1403.)
On June 12, 1919, the United States attorney for the Middle District of?
Pennsylvania, 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 3 dozen packages of S. O. S., at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., alleging that?
the article had been shipped on or about April 26, 1919, by the S. Pfeiffer Mfg.?
Co., St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of Missouri into the State?
of Pennsylvania, 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?
department showed that it consisted of 2 preparations, an injection and gelatin?
pearls for internal use. The injection was composed essentially of an aqueous?
solution, containing thymol, sulphates of zinc and magnesium, and glycerin.?
The pearls contained a mixture essentially of santal oil, copaiba balsam, oil?
of cinnamon, and a fixed oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in that certain statements?
on the label of the package containing the article, regarding the therapeutic or?
curative effects of the article, falsely and fraudulently represented
 the article?
to be effective as a remedy for gonorrhea and gleet, whereas it was not effective.
On December 1, 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.    .
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.