17459. Misbranding of All Healing: ointment. U. S. v. 11 Dozen Boxes of All Healing Ointment. Default decree of condemnation, for- feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 24413. I. S. No. 021635. S. No. 2665.) Samples of a drug product known as All Healing ointment having been found to bear in the labeling certain therapeutic and qurative claims not justi- fied by its composition, the Secretary of Agriculture reported to the United States attorney for the Eastern District of South Carolina, the presence of a quantity of the product from the hereinafter-described shipment at Charleston, S. C. On January 3, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the United States District Court for said district a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 11 dozen boxes of All Healing ointment, remaining in the original unbroken pack- ages at Charleston, S. C, alleging that the article had been shipped by the Man- hattan Drug Co., from Brooklyn, N. Y., on November 13, 1929, and had been transported from the State of New York into the State of South Carolina, 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 wool-fat base containing zinc oxide, boric acid, phenol, sulphur, and volatile oils including menthol and thymol. It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- ing statements appearing on the retail carton and tin box labels, and in the accompanying circular, regarding the curative and therapeutic effect of the article, were false and fraudulent since it contained no ingredient or combina- tion of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed: (Retail carton) "Apply freely * * * to the injured part. * * * Highly Efficient * * * curative treatment of * * * Sores * * * itch * * * Ec- zema * * * Piles * * * Skin Diseases * * * Injuries of All Char- acter * * * Heals * * * healing * * * All Healing;" (tin box) "All Healing * * * A * * * Healing, Nutritive Emollient * * * Sores * * * Bites * * * Piles, Ulcers, Eczema and all Skin Diseases * * * Apply Freely to Afflicted Parts;" (circular) "Is easily and quickly absorbed by the skin and underlying tissues. It carries the relieving * * * healing * * * properties of the ointment all through the tissues where they are most needed. This Emollient contains * * * Healing * * * Properties * * * With a * * * Healing Base. * * * Quickly Heals ***it*** heals and forms new healthy tissue, in Old Sores. Ulcers, Wounds and all offensive non-healing eruptive surface skin dis- eases accompanied by a discharge. It is a specific for Piles, Hemorrhoids, Ec- zema, Salt-rheum, Itch, Ringwonn, Scald-head. Bites * * * all Skin Dis- eases ***Itisa*** healing remedy for Catarrh * * * In- fluenza, Hay Fever, and all diseases of the Mucous Membrane of the Nasal Passages. * * * Apply freely to afflicted parts * * * In the Treat- ment of Old Sores * * * For the Treatment of Catarrh." On January 31, 1930, 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 United States marshal. ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture. /