16538. Misbranding of Forkola Jell. U. S. v. 42 Jars of Forkola Jelll. 
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. '(F. & D. No. 
23544.    I. S. No. 02783.    S. No. 1750.)
On March 21, 1929, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture* filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 42 jars of Forkola Jell at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Bacorn Co., from Blmira, N. Y., on or about 
November 23, 1928, and transported from the State of New York into the State of 
Pennsylvania, 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 was 
an ointment consisting essentially of a petrolatum base containing benzoin and 
volatile oils including peppermint and eucalyptus oils, camphor, menthol, turpen- 
tine oil, and methyl salicylate.
The article was labeled in part: (Jar label) "Relieving Allaying * * * 
Abating * * * Congestion and Inflammation * * * For Spasmodic 
Croup * * * Nasal Catarrh, Bronchitis, Sore Throat, Coughs, Whooping 
Cough,  Tonsilitis,  Asthma,  etc.,  spread    *    *    *    ' Vaporizing  Forkola   Jell'
* * * Incipient Pneumonia * * * Then rub Forkola Jell in well and 
spread on * * * Leave covering loose around neck so that vapors arising 
may be freely inhaled. Continue * * * until fever is reduced * * * 
For: Bites, Boils    *    *    *    Eczema, Itchings, Neuralgia, Pains, Itching Piles,
* *    *    Muscular Rheumatism, Salt Rheum."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ments contained on the jar label were false and fraudulent in that the article 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the 
effects claimed.
On June 7, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
AKTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.