18098, Misbranding of Mykel corrective dentifrice.    V. S. v. 52 Bottles of
Mykel Corrective Dentifrice. Default decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 25483. I. S. No. 11963. 
S. No. 3722.)
Examination of a sample of a drug product, known as Mykel corrective denti- 
frice, from the shipment herein described having shown that the label bore 
statements representing that the article possessed curative and therapeutic 
properties which it did not, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to 
the United States attorney for the District of Colorado.
On December 16, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 52 bottles of Mykel corrective dentifrice, remaining in the 
original bottles at Denver, Colo., consigned by the Kent Co., Kansas City, Mo., 
alleging that the article had been shipped from Kansas City, Mo., on or about 
September 6,1930, and had been transported from the State of Missouri into the 
State of Colorado, 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 sodium perborate and talc, flavored with methyl salicylate.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- 
ing statements appearing on the label, regarding the curative or therapeutic 
effects of the said article, were false and fraudulent, since it contained no 
ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects 
claimed: " Corrective Dentifrice * * * keeps gums healthy-Unexcelled 
for Pyorrhetic   *    *    *    Infections."
On March 17, 1931, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.