S731. Misbranding of Injection Zip. V. S. * * * v. 2G Dozen Bottles of?
Injection Zip. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de??
struction.     (F. & D. No. 10878.     I. S. No. 13444-r.     S. No. E-1623.)
On July 8, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western 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 26 dozen bottles of Injection Zip, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped?
by the Baker-Levy Chemical Co., Indianapolis, Ind., on or ?ibout July 21 and?
September 6, 1918, and transported from the State of Indiana 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 de??
partment showed that it consisted of acetates and sulphates.of lead and zinc,?
berberine, and opium, in water and alcohol.
Misbranding of the article was alleged, in substance, in the libel for the reason?
that the following statements appearing on the bottles and cartons containing?
the article and in the circulars accompanying the same, regarding the curative?
and therapeutic effects thereof, (bottle) " Injection Zip * * * This Injection?
is an excellent preparation and cannot produce stricture. Relief being speedy.?
* * *," (carton) " Injection Zip * * *," (circular) "An excellent prepara??
tion for the treatment of Gonorrhoea, Gleet and Leucorrhcea * * * Ladies?
troubled with Leucorrhcea will obtain a speedy relief * * *," were false?
and fraudulent in that the article did not contain any ingredient or combination?
of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On June 25, 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.
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