22980. Misbranding of Pett's Salve.    U.  S. v. 28 Packages  of Pett's  Salve. 
Default    decree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. no.. 32732.    Sample no. 65261-A.)
Examination of the drug product involved in this case showed that it con- 
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing cer- 
tain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On May 23, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 28 packages of Pett's 
Salve at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about February 12, 1934, by Pett's Inc., from Milwaukee, Wis., 
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 chiefly of wool fat, sulphur (15.9 percent), salicylic acid (8.7 percent), 
and traces of a cinnamon odor.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the carton, 
Dr label, and circular contained false and fraudulent claims relative to its 
effectiveness in the treatment of eczema, watery pimples, dandruff, all diseases 
of the skin and scalp, pimples, tetter, salt rheum, scabby scalp, boils and other 
infections, skin eruptions and ringworm; and to its effectiveness in keeping the 
scalp healthy and the skin clear.
On July 18, 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.