17165. Misbranding of Nozol.    U. S. v. 72 Bottles of Nozol.    Default decree
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 24496. 
I. S. No. 028880.    S. No. 2789.)
On February 3, 1930, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey, 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 72 bottles of Nozol, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Newark, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Nozol 
Co. (Inc.), from Pittsburgh, Pa., on or about October 28, 1929, and transported 
from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of New Jersey, 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 mineral oil, camphor, and oil of peppermint colored with a 
pink dye.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that t"-e follow- 
ing statements appearing on the accompanying display card, regarding the 
curative and therapeutic effects of the said article, were false and fraudulent, 
since it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of produc- 
ing the effects claimed: "Nozol Relieves Sinus Trouble * * * Makes 
Breathing Easy * * * Recommended by Specialists for * * * Hay 
fever, General Nose Troubles Use Nozol for Sinus Trouble * * * Sinus 
Trouble Relieved with Nozol.   *   *    *   Nozol (Nose AH)."
On April 3, 1930, 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.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.