20165. Misbranding of Scarlet Red salve. U.S. v. 23 Jars of Scarlet Red 
Salve. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 26130.    I.S. No. 16050.    S. No. 4435.)
Examination of the drug preparation involved in this case disclosed that the 
article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of pro- 
ducing certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed on the carton label 
and in an accompanying circular.
On March 30, 1931, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
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 23 jars of Scarlet Red salve, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging • that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 29, 1930, by the Heil- 
kraft Medical Co., from Boston, Mass., to Baltimore, Md., and charging mis- 
branding 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 petrolatum, containing boric acid, a zinc compound, eucalyp- 
tus oil, and a red dye (Scarlet R).
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements appearing in the labeling, regarding the curative or thera- 
peutic effects of the article, were false and fraudulent: (Carton) "Causes an 
active proliferation of the epithelium, and in such chronic conditions as 
partial skin grafts, ulcers following operation for infection, ulcers following, 
burns, traumatic ulcers, specific ulcers, varicose ulcers, bed sores, and the 
like, the results have been in many instances nothing short of remarkable. 
All who have used the agent are enthusiastic in their praise of it"; (circular) 
" In the treatment of Indolent Varicose Ulcers, Sluggish or Non-granulating 
Wounds, Sores resulting from various Blood Diseases, Eczema,    *    *   *   etc."
On October 19, 1932, 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.
R. G. TUGWELX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.