19877. Misbranding of  Servex.    U.   S. v. 41   Sets  of   Servex.    Product  re¬
leased under bond.    (F. & D. No. 27286.    I. S. No. 21394.    S. No. 5457.)
Examination of the product involved in this case disclosed that the article 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed on the carton label.
On or about December 7, 1931, the United States attorney for the District 
of Arizona, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 41 sets of Servex at Phoenix, Ariz., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about March 26, 
1931, by the Burnham Snow Products Co., from Los Angeles, Calif., to Phoenix, 
Ariz., 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 
consisted essentially of oxyquinoline sulphate, quinine sulphate, and boric acid.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded in 
that the following statements appearing on the carton label, regarding the 
curative and therapeutic effects of the article, were false and fraudulent: 
"Leucorrhea should be treated by the use of Servex each night until re- 
lieved   *   *   *   to prevent infection, use Servex before exposure."
On December 22, 1931, the Servex Laboratories, Hollywood, Calif., having 
appeared as claimant for the property, the-court ordered that the said claimant 
be permitted to obtain possession of the goods upon payment of costs and the 
execution of a bond in the sum of $100, conditioned that it should not be sold 
or disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Federal food and drugs act. 
The product having been relabeled under the supervision of this department, 
on November 7, 1932. the bond was ordered discharged.
HENBY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Affriculture.