8501. Misbranding: of JLeonard Ear Oil. U. S. * * * v. 40 Bottles of?
Leonard Ear Oil. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 11282.     I. S. No. 2658-r.     S. No. W-493.)
On September 22, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
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District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 40 bottles of Leonard Ear Oil, remaining in the original un??
broken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by A. O. Leonard, New York, N. Y., August 23, 1919, and transported?
from the State of New York into the State of California, and charging mis??
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted essentially of camphor, oil of eucalyptus, and?
traces of alkaloids in a base of mineral oil.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded in?
that the following statements, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects?
thereof, were false and fraudulent since the article contained no ingredient or?
combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed, (carton)?
"A Glandular * * * Oil recommended for relief of Deafness, Head Noises,?
Discharging, Itching, Scaly Ears * * * and Ear Ache * * * Deafness,?
* * * and Ear Troubles," (label) "* * * dry, itching, aching and dis??
charging ears," (circular) "* * * for Belief of Catarrhal deafness * * *?
and other kinds of deafness and ear troubles * * * has relieved the deaf??
ness and head noises of more people than any known remedy    *    *    *."
On March 10, 1920, 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.