19887. Misbranding of Dr. M.   C.  Kreitzer's  salve.    V.  S. v. Aschenbach &
Miller (Inc.).    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $50.     (F. & D.  No, 28077.    I. S. 
Nos. 37860, 37861.)
Examination of the drug product on which this action was based disclosed 
that the article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable 
of producing certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in representations 
appearing on the box and carton and in the circular.
On June 22, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid an information! 
against Aschenbach & Miller (Inc.), a corporation, Philadelphia, Pa., alleging 
shipment by said company from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of 
Delaware, in violation of the food and drugs act as amended, in part on or 
about July 15 and in part on or about September 16, 1931, of quantities of 
Dr. M. C. Kreitzer's salve that was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of a lead soap, camphor, rosin, and a fatty base.
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
certain statements, designs, and devices, regarding the curative and therapeutic- 
effects of the article, appearing on the labels of the boxes and cartons and Ins 
a circular shipped with the article, falsely and fraudulently represented that
it was effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for fresh wounds, boils, 
carbuncles, old sores, bunions, tumors, sores, swellings, sore breasts, indolent 
ulcers, erysipelas, ingrown nails, bone felons, and effective as a relief for boils 
and to control inflammation and prevent mortification; whereas the article con- 
tained no ingredient or medicinal agents effective for the purposes represented. 
On September 19, 1932, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
HENBY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.