24035. Misbranding of camphorated oil.     17. S. v. 140 Bottles of CamphorŽ
ated Oil.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. &
D. no. 31154.    Sample no. 40249-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of camphorated oil, the labels of 
which contained unwarranted curative and therapeutic claims.
On October 3, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
West Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel against 140 bottles of camphorated oil at Wheeling, 
W. Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about May 5, 1933, by Styron-Beggs Co., from Newark, Ohio, and charging 
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements 
on the bottle label and carton, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects 
of the article, were false and fraudulent: "Rheumatic or Gouty Affections 
of the joints,   *   *   *   Sore Throat, Croup and Local Pains."
On February 21, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered, and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.