10972.?Misbranding,- of Lakosine.    U.' S. v.  1  Gross Packages  of Iiulcosine.
Default    decree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,    and   destruction.
(P. & D. No. 15051.     S. No. O-2908.)
On June 21, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Louisiana, 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 1 gross packages of Lukosine, remaining unsold in the original?
packages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped by?
the National Drug Co., New York, N. Y., on or about May 28, 1921, and trans??
ported from the State of New York into the State of Louisiana, 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?
department showed that it consisted of a powder containing approximately 80?
per cent of boric acid and small proportions of zinc sulphate, alum, and a?
salicylate, and traces of alkaloid, phenol, thymol, and menthol, colored pink.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the rea??
son that the following statements appearing on the label of the package con??
taining the said article, regarding its curative and therapeutic effect, " Indi??
cations Gonorrhea, Leucorrhea * * * Inflammation of Mucous Membranes,?
Catarrh, Ulcers, Etc," were false and fraudulent since the said article con??
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the?
effects claimed.
On December 12, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment 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. PTJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.