20730. Misbranding of Friek's Eez-All.  • TI.  S. v. 67 Bottles and 17 Bottles
of Frlck's  Eez-All.    Default  decree  of condemnation,  forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 29593.    Sample no. 2261-A.)
Examination of the drug preparation, Friek's Eez-All, disclosed that it con- 
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing certain 
curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On December 15, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
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 con- 
demnation of 67 six-ounce bottles and 17 quart bottles of Friek's Eez-All, re- 
maining in the original unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., consigned by 
Adolph F. Frick, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce, on or about July 26, 1930, from San Francisco, Calif., to Denver, Colo., 
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 small proportion of extracts of plant drugs, alcohol (16 
percent by volume), and water. Bacteriological examination showed that the 
article was not a germicide.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- 
ing statements appearing on the label, regarding its curative or therapeutic 
effects, were false and fraudulent: " Tissue Builder, Skin Purifier * * * 
for * * * pimples, boils, carbuncles, * * * hives, * * * granulated 
eyelids, says, barber's itch, weeping eczema, dandruff, * * * bleeding and 
receding gums, pyorrhea, rheumatism, goitres, varicose veins."
On February 13, 1933, 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 the United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.