11320.?Misbranding- of I/ultosine. U. S. v. 31 Packages of Lulcosine. De??
fault  decree of condemnation, forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F. & D.  No.
15085.     S. No.  C-2909.)
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 31 packages of Lukosine, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by the National Drug Co., Philadelphia, Pa., on or about May 24,?
1921, and transported from the State of Pennsylvania 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 the libel for the reason that the?
following statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effect, appearing?
on the label of the said article, " Indications Gonorrhea, Leucorrhea * * *?
Inflammation of Mucous Membranes, Catarrh, Ulcers, Etc.," were false and?
fraudulent since the article contained no ingredient or combination of in??
gredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On January 24, 1923, 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. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.