0082.  Misbranding of   Benetol   Vaginal   Suppositories.     U.    S.     *      *     *     v.
136   Packages   of     *      *      *     Benetol   Vaginal. Suppositories.     Con- 
sent decree adjudging; the pi-oduet to the misbr filed and ordering;
its  release  under found.     (F.   &  D.  Nos.   11113,  11414.     I.   S.  Nos.  2Gt36-r, 
2667-r.     S.   Nos.   W-513,  W-514.)
On October 3, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, 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 130 packages of Benetol Vaginal Suppositories, re- 
maining in the' original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Benetol Co., Minneapolis, Minn., and 
transported from the State of Minnesota into the State of California, in part 
on April 12 and July 14, 1919. and that the remainder had arrived at San Fran- 
cisco on September 10, 1919, 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 the suppositories consisted essentially of alpha- and 
beta-naphthol, boric acid, and traces of menthol and phenol in a cacao butter 
base.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for 
the reason that the following statements appearing on the box containing the 
article and in the booklet accompanying it, regardijig the curative and thera- 
peutic effect thereof, (box) "Benetol Suppositories For Women * * * For 
The Treatment Of The Special Diseases Of Women * * * Use In Va- 
gina * * * Directions—As A General Disinfectant And Local Tonic Insert 
A Suppository Into The Vagina At Night Before Retiring. For The Treatment 
Of Leucorrhea (Whites), Vaginitis, Vulvitis. Cervicitis, Endometritis, Gonor- 
rhea, And All Diseases Of The Vagina And For Inflammation Or Irritation 
Of The Cervix (Mouth Of. The Womb) Insert A Suppository High In The 
Vagina At Night And Take Benetol Douche Next Morning. * * *," (book- 
let) " * * * Leucorrhea or Whites—Insert a ' Suppository for Women' at 
night high in the vagina, and next morning take a two'quart douche containing 
a tablespoonful of Benetol. Other diseases peculiar to women. Vulvitis, Vagi- 
nitis, Cervicitis, Endonientritis, etc., are treated by the same method * * * 
Benetol Suppositories For Women * * * The Suppositories * * * 
Benetol douche. * * * This treatment is of especial value in leucorrhea 
and vaginitis and of course as a * * * treatment of the sexual dis- 
eases * * *" were false and fraudulent, as the article contained ,no in- 
gredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On December 17, 1919. the Benetol Co. having consented to a decree, judg- 
ment was entered in which it was found that the article was misbranded, and 
it was ordered by the court that the product be delivered to said claimant 
upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in 
the sum of $1,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
E. D. BALI, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.