21509. Misbranding of Almklov's Eczema Specific.     U. S. v. 22 Packages of
Almklov's Eczema Specific.     Default decree of destruction.     (F. &
D. no. 31084.    Sample no. 40981-A.)
Examination of the drug preparation Almklov's Eczema Specific disclosed 
that it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of pro- 
ducing certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On September 12, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Min- 
nesota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 22 packages of 
Almklov's Eczema Specific at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about August 25, 1933, by 
S. Almklov, from Cooperstown, N.Dak., 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 zinc oxide (11 percent), ammoniated mercury (9 per- 
cent), and small proportions of camphor and menthol, incorporated in 
petrolatum.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that certain 
statements appearing on the tin container and in a circular shipped with the 
article, regarding its effectiveness in the treatment of eczema, salt rheum, 
barber's itch, ulcers, itching piles, psoriasis, skin diseases, ringworm, itching 
of the rectum and scrotum, dandruff and itching scalp, severe itching and 
burning of the skin, old sores and running sores, were false and fraudulent.
On October 31, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
M. Xi. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.