22332.  Misbranding of Skin Base.    IT. S. v. 25 Boxes of Skin Base.    Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. no.
31788.    Sample no. 50759-A.)
Examination of a sample of Skin Ease showed that it contained no ingredient 
or combination of ingredients capable of producing certain curative and thera- 
peutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On December 30, 1933, the United States attorney for the Middle District 
of Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 25 boxes of Skin 
Ease at Montgomery, Ala., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about June 16, 1931, by Osteen & Co., Inc., from Orlando, 
Fla., 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 salicylic acid (22.5 percent) incorporated in an ointment 
base including lard.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements on the box label, regarding the curative and therapeutic 
effects of the article, were false and fraudulent: " Skin Ease, A Guaranteed 
Remedy for Eczema * * * Tetter, Ground Itch, Barbers Itch, Itching Piles, 
Sore Blistered Feet * * * Directions Apply Small amount of Salve to 
affected parts."
On March 23, 1934, 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.