21544. Misbranding of No-Septo. V. S. v. 48 Large and 42 Small Tabes of 
No-Septo. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. no. 30608.    Sample no. 26167-A.)
Examination of the drug product No-Septo disclosed that it contained no 
ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing certain curative 
and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On June 16, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 48 large and 42 small tubes of 
No-Septo at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about March 16, 1933, by the No-Septo Laboratories, 
from Tacoma, Wash., 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 volatile oil, such as turpentine oil, (8.8 milliliters per 
100 grams), incorporated in petrolatum.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the article, 
were false and fraudulent: (Display carton) "Hard to Heal Sores * * * 
Soft Corns * * * Piles Infections * * * For Inflamed Infected Wounds 
and Cuts Insures proper draining Promotes right healing unequalled for Boils
* * * Stubborn Sores", (retail carton) "For Boils * * * and Festered 
Sores *, * * Safeguard against Infection", (large tube) "For Infected 
and inflamed wounds, ulcers, boils, piles, abscesses and festering sores * * * 
skin eruptions * * * dandruff and scalp diseases cover affected parts with 
No-Septo Extracts Poison, Sterilizes, Heals * * * Safeguard against In- 
fection ", (small tube) " Safeguard against Infection. For Infected wounds, 
piles, abscesses, fish poisoning * * * for * * * boils * * * Ex- 
tracts Poison, Sterilizes, Heals",  (circular)  " Vital in an emergency for the
treatment of * * * Boils * * * Sores, Abscesses * * * Acid Burns, 
Soft   Corns   *    *    *   Festered   Spots   *    *    *    dangerous   Fish   Poisoning.
* * * Danger lurks wherever the skin is broken. More than 90 per cent 
of dangerous infection is preventable but carelessness in permitting smaller 
wounds to go without treatment causes many days of agony and expensive 
hospital care. * * * With this * * * sterilizing1 and healing agent 
it is easy to prevent many, many serious infections * * * It never heals 
over infection but keeps the wound open until all the poison is drawn out, 
then its soothing properties heal the wound. * * * For inflamed, infected 
and swollen wounds and sores    *    *    *   For infections, use plenty of No-Septo.
* *   *    Safeguard against Infection."
On October 4, 1933, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.