«643. Misbranding of Knoxit. V. S. * * * v. &7 Bottles of Knoxit 
* * *. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 12119.    I. S. No. 8996-r.    S. No. C-1686.)
On January 25, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
-condemnation of 37 bottles of Knoxit, at Little Rock, Ark., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Beggs Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., on or about 
August 1, 1919, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of 
Arkansas, 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 depart- 
ment showed that the product consisted essentially of a water solution of 
glycerin, zinc acetate, and extractives from hydrastis.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that certain statements appearing in the labeling of the bottles and cartons and 
in an accompanying circular falsely and fraudulently led the purchaser and 
user to" believe, and held out hope to the purchaser and user thereof, that the 
said article was a true prophylactic against the contraction of local infectious 
diseases and particularly against the contraction of gonorrhea, sometimes known
as a local infectious disease, when, in truth and in fact, it contained no in- 
gredients or mixture of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On October 2, 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.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.