8994. Misbranding of injection Zip and Grimault & Co'S. Injection. U. S. * ' * * v. 3?
Dozen Bottles of * * * Injection Zip and 3 Dozen Bottles of * * * Grimault &?
Co's. Injection.   Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.   (F. &
D. Nos. 10668, 10669.   I. S. Nos. 15851-r, 15852-r.   S. Nos. E-1583, E-1584.)
On June 24, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District of West?
Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and condemnation?
of 3 dozen bottles of an article, labeled in part "Injection Zip * * *," and 3?
dozen bottles of an article, labeled in part "Grimault <& Go's. Injection," remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Wheeling, W. Va., alleging that the?
Injection Zip had been shipped on or about October 29, 1918, by the Baker-Levy?
Chemical Co., Indianapolis, Ind., and transported from the State of Indiana into?
the State of West Virginia, and that the Grimault & Co's. Injection had been shipped?
on or about October 14, 1918, by E. Fougera & Co., New York, N. Y., and transported?
from the State of New York into the State of West Virginia, and charging misbranding?
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed that the Injection Zip consisted essentially of lead and zinc acetates and?
sulphates, berberine, morphine, plant extractives, alcohol, and water, and that the?
Grimault & Co's, Injection consisted of an aqueous solution containing plant extrac??
tives, probably from matico.
It was alleged in substance in one of the libels that this article [Injection Zip]?
was misbranded for the reason that the packages and bottles and the booklets and?
wrappers accompanying the same contained the following statements, regarding the?
curative and therapeutic effect of said article and of the ingredients and substances?
contained-therein, (bottle) "Injection Zip * * * This injection * * * can?
not produce stricture. Relief being speedy," (circular) "* * * For Male or?
Female. To be used for Gonorrhoea, Gleet and Leucorrhcea * * * Whites,"?
which said statements were false and fraudulent in that the article contained no?
substance and no ingredients and no combination of ingredients capable of producing?
the effects claimed.
It was alleged in substance in the other libel that this article [Grimault & Co's.?
Injection] was misbranded for the reason that the packages, containers, and bottles?
containing it and the booklets and wrappers accompanying it contained the following?
statements, regarding the curative and therapeutic effect of said article and of the?
ingredients and substances contained therein, (wrapper and bottle) "Grimault and?
Co's. Injection * * * The Matico plant * * * has been found to have re??
markable preventive   *   *   *   properties,", (circular, English) "Matico Injection
*?* * in the treatment of chronic and acute discharges from the urethra * * *?
when taken internally [acts] especially well on all muco-purulent discharges * * *?
Gonorrhoea * *. ? * . Discharges from the female generative organs, whether merely?
whites or of a greenish-yellow color . * ? *   *," (circular, Spanish) "*   *   *   Matico
*?*    *    recent s?* old blennorrhagic  discharges    *    *    *    disappear rapidly
*?* * in cases of blennorrhagia and gonorrhoea for men * * * In cases of?
Catarrh, Leucorrhcea, Flowers and losses these various affections have also as their?
symptom a purulent greenish-yellow mucous discharge that issues from the vagina
*?* * white flowers * * * as a prophylactic and preservative * * * en??
joys extraordinary diuretic property," which said statements were false and fraudu??
lent in that the article contained no substances and no ingredients and no combina??
tion of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On October 1, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments were?
entered by the court finding the products misbranded and directing their destruction?
by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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