17170. Misbranding of Cre-Cal-Co. U. S. v. 22 Bottles of Cre-Cal-Co. De- cree of condemnation with provision for release nnder bond. (F. & D. No. 20701. I. S. No. 4230-x. S. No. C-4901.) On December 11, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel, and on February 2, 1926, an amended libel, praying seizure and condemnation of 22 bottles of ?re-Cal-Co at Hot Springs, Ark., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Creo Chemical Co., from San Antonio, Tex., October 1, 1925, and transported from the State of Texas into the State of Arkansas, 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 a small amount of creosote, traces of salts of calcium, magnesium and sodium, phosphates, chlorides, and sulphates, and water, colored with a red dye. It was alleged in the libel as amended that the article was misbranded in that the following statements appearing in the labeling were false and fraudu- lent, since the said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the therapeutic or medicinal effects claimed: (Bottle and carton) "For * * * LaGrippe, Influenza and Pneumonia * * * until cold and fever subside * * * for Chronic Catarrh, Bronchitis, Tuberculosis and any Germ Infection;" (bottle) "Latest scientific dis- covery for the treatment of all infections of the Nose, Throat & Lungs;" (carton) "Latest Discovery for the Treatment of all Affections of Nose, Throat and Lungs * * * To obtain greatest value from the Use of Cre-Cal-Co in all acute Germ Infections you should take Cre-Cal-Co until lung saturation is obtained. Medicine, like food, should be taken to Saturation to assure consti- tutional benefit. * * * powerfully antiseptic, * * * of great value in these (all germ) conditions; " (circular) "Family Guide to Health and Happi- ness * * * In this hour of dire necessity for more than a million souls held in the grip of the King of all Terrors, Tuberculosis, shall their cry for relief go- unheeded? Shall we acknowledge defeat without striking a blow in their de- fense? Science says No. Cre-Cal-Co is the sentinel that keeps vigil at the- portals of the human system, ready to attack and destroy the Germs that enter the body. * * * Cre-Cal-Co is the Greatest Scientific Discovery of the Age. * * * Creosote is, as is well known, a powerful antiseptic and the Greatest of All Germicides. * * * In Pulmonary Tuberculosis or in any bacterial condition of the lungs, Creosote having volatile constituents which are excreted- in the expired air and which are powerfully antiseptic, may well be of much value in these conditions. * * * It is applicable not only in Tuberculosis,, but in Bronchitis, Broncho-Pneumonia, Lobar Pneumonia and other bacterial lung diseases * * * the hope of all who suffer from Colds, LaGrippe, In- fluenza, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Catarrh and Tuberculosis * * * acute and- chronic germ diseases * * * are each and every one of them just so many steps or approaches to the Greatest of all Germ Diseases, the Great White- Plague-'Tuberculosis' * * * Shall this Great White Plague ravage our fair land at will and unchallenged? * * * Cre-Cal-Co is the Answer. It i- the ' Life Line thrown out to you,' * * * Tuberculosis * * * is a germ infection * * * If it is to be cured at all in any of its stages it will have- to be done through the agency of a positive germicide. * * * Cre-Cal-Co- for a sufficient time * * * should have the same effect and results as in Colds, LaGrippe, Influenza, or Pneumonia for these are various and varying, stages of the Same Infection. 'Bad Colds' * * * Since Cre-Cal-Co is a Positive Germicide, it is therefore far reaching and wonderfully efficient.. * * * Cre-Cal-Co tends to prevent the colonizing and localizing of all that large class of germs called 'catarrhal Germs' among which are Tubercle Bacilli * * * The very best cure for anything is Preventative. Cre-Cal-Co, taken to saturation for every bad Cold, La Grippe, Influenza, Measles, Pneu- monia, Whooping Cough, or Scarlatina, will be carrying out in a common sense and scientific way this very idea of Preventing Tuberculosis of the Lungs. In the absence of other complications Primary Tuberculosis (which should have- been, but was not prevented) should be cured as soundly as if it had never existed by thorough continuous saturation with Cre-Cal-Co. It has been said that 'Nature, when understood, provides a specific for every disease of and injury to the body.' Again Science holds the wondrous key of knowledge gained,, and behold, Cre-Cal-Co * * * For Bad Colds and Sore Throat * * * La Grippe. Influenza, Pneumonia and Acute Bronchitis * * * For Chronic- Bronchitis and Other Chronic Catarrhs * * * For Whooping Cough * * * For Measles * * * For Scarlatina * * * If there is an asso- ciated cough, * * * For Asthma. Since Asthma is generally of Uremic or other Autoxic origin, the eliminative system should be carefully examined particularly the Urine. Since there can be no true Asthma without an irritated- surface somewhere in the lungs, it therefore follows that Cre-Cal-Co is the proper medicine to use. * * * Treatment for Pulmonary Tuberculosis. * * * Satisfactory results depend upon the constitutional saturation with. Cre-Cal-Co, The Great Germ Destroyer, and should be kept up until the systemx is completely relieved of germ infection." On April 8, 1930, the Creo-Chemical Co., San Antonio, Tex., having appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product might be released to the claimant for relabeling as may be required by this department, upon the execution of a bond- in the sum of $200, otherwise to be destroyed by the United States marshal. It was further ordered by the court that the claimant pay costs of the= proceedings. AETHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.