24661. Misbranding of Cozzins New Formula for Asthma. U. S. v. 22 Large 
Cans, et al., of Cozzins New Formula for Asthma. Default decree of 
condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 34573. Sample nos. 14242-B, 
14243-B.)
This case involved a drug preparation the labeling of which contained un- 
warranted curative and therapeutic claims.
On December 18, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 22 large cans and 
9 small cans of Cozzins New Formula for Asthma at Richmond, Va., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about August 
29 and May 10, 1934, by the Cozzins Chemical Co., from Brooklyn, N. Y., 
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis showed that the article consisted essentially of potassium nitrate 
plant material including stramonium leaves and mustard seed, flavored with 
anise.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that certain statements appearing 
in in the labeling falsely and fraudulently represented that it was effective! 
in the treatment of asthma, hay fever, nasal catarrh, catarrhal condition of 
the mucous membrane, spasmodic diseases of the respiratory organs, and! 
would quickly subdue the spasm, sooth the irritated membranes, promote free 
and easy expectoration, relieve oppressive sense of suffocation, restore natural' 
breathing and produce comfortable feeling of calmness and respose in asthma,' 
and that it was effective as a treatment for phthisis, ordinary colds, and 
" catarrh.
On April 23, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation' 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.