22010. Misbranding of C.  G.  Griswold's Family Salve or Plaster.     U. S. v.
142 Packages of C. G. Griswold's Family Salve or Plaster.    Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. no.
31197.    Sample no. 43943-A.)
Examination of the drug preparation involved in this case disclosed that 
it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On October 3, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 142 packages of 
C G. Griswold's Family Salve or Plaster at Brooklyn, N.Y., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 1, 1933, 
t)y the Sisson Drug Co., from Hartford, Conn., 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 lead oleate and rosin.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
following statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effects, appearing 
in the labeling, were false and fraudulent: (Wrapper) "For * * * Boils 
* * * and Wounds. Helps external Ulcers and hard Tumors, * * * and 
"Sores of all kinds for Man or Beast. * * * For boils, ulcers and canker 
sores."
On November 27, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.