15825.  Misbranding of Sannette.    TJ. S. v. 2 5/6 Dozen Packages of Sannette..?
Default decree of forfeiture and destruction entered.     (F. & D. No.
21380.    I. S. No. E-5907.)
On November 18, 1926, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis??
trict of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel pray??
ing seizure and condemnation of 2 5/6 dozen packages of drugs labeled in?
part, " Sannette * * * The Chloride of Zinc Antiseptic Powder," remaining?
unsold in the original packages at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article?
had been shipped by the Sannette Chemical Co., from Cincinnati, Ohio, on or?
about October 23, 1926, and had been transported from the State of Ohio?
into the State of New York, and charging misbranding in violation of the food?
and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it con??
sisted essentially of alum, boric acid, and zinc salts with small amounts of?
menthol, phenol, and methyl salicylate.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in. that the fol??
lowing statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said?
article were false and fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or combi??
nation of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed : (Seal) " Healing?
* * * Antiseptic;" (package label) "Antiseptic * * * Prepared espec??
ially for the vaginal douche. Superior to Bichlorid, Permanganate of Potash or?
the Cresol compounds. Indications Leucorrhea, gonorrhea, vaginitis, vulvitis,?
metritis, cervicitis, etc. Relieves any condition characterized by odor, inflam??
mation, or discharge. * * * Directions as a douche: one teaspoonful of?
the powder to two quarts of warm water;" (circular) "Antisept. * * *?
Antiseptic * *
' * It provides the elements necessary to make a mild anti??
septic solution * * * antiseptics * * * antiseptic * * * a high?
germicidal value * * * full germicidal value * * * the superiority of?
Sannette ' * * * efficacious * * * In the treatment of all forms of uter??
ine, cervical, and vaginal inflammation, all authorities agree on the beneficial?
effects of the warm vaginal irrigation. Pus, mucous, shreds, and all the prod??
ucts of inflammation are washed out. * * * the * * * healing effect of?
Sannette solution is extremely grateful. The powder in solution is of great?
value in the treatment of all inflammations of the female generative tract,?
including acute and chronic metritis. Indeed, in these conditions the use of?
Sannette solution as an intra-uterine irrigation is of marked effect. In cervi??
citis and vaginitis, regardless of the aetiological factors, Sannette soluton is?
beneficial and materially aids the physician in his treatment of these conditions.?
In Leucorrhea and gonorrhea the Sannette douche is extremely useful. The?
excoriating and acrid discharge ' * * * is removed. The germicidal action?
of Sannette solution tends to prevent the further invasion of the pathogenic?
bacteria, corrects the intensely alkaline reaction, and removes the products of?
inflammation. * * * Sannette will prove of great value in the treatment of?
these conditions * * '* of a mildly antiseptic * * * nature * * *?
The physician is urged to advise the use of Sannette in these cases. Its mild?
antiseptic properties * * * will be appreciated * * * One teaspoonful?
of Sannette to two quarts of warm water is the requisite strength for the?
douche."
On September 7, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by tfee court that the product?
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture