8608. Misbranding of Injection Zip. XI. S. * * * v. 12 Dozen Bottles of?
Injection Zip. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 10531.    I. S. No. 6596-r.     S. No. C-1276.)
On June 9, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota,?
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 12 dozen bottles of Injection Zip, remaining in the original unbroken pack??
ages at Duluth, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Baker-?
Levy Chemical Co., Indianapolis, IncL, on or about October 30, 1918, and trans??
ported from the State of Indiana into the State of Minnesota, and charging?
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted essentially of acetates and sulphates of zinc and?
lead, berberine, and water.
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Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that certain statements appearing on the bottle and carton containing the arti??
cle and in the circular accompanying the article falsely and fraudulently rep??
resented it to be a tried preparation for gonorrhea, gleet, and leucorrhea for?
male or female and as a speedy relief for leucorrhea (whites), whereas the?
article did not contain any ingredient or combination of ingredients capable?
of producing the curative ankl therapeutic effects Claimed. '
On July 1G, 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.?
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