26991. Misbranding of Nasal Relief.   U. S. ?. 175 Cartons of Nasal Relief.   Con¬
sent decree of condemnation.     Product released under bond for relabel- 
ing.    (F. & D. no. 88816.   Sample no. 4976-C.)
The carton labels of this preparation failed to bear a statement of the quantity 
or proportion of chlorobutanol, a derivative of chloroform, contained in it;
and the tubes, cartons,  and an accompanying circular contained false and 
fraudulent curative or therapeutic claims.
On December 16, 1936, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 175 cartons of Nasal 
Relief at Memphis, Tenn., alleging that it had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on October 7 and November 7 and 12, 1936, by the Wl T. Rawleigh Co., 
from Freeport, Ill., and that it was misbranded in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis of the article showed that it consisted essentially of menthol, cam- 
phor, and chlorobutanol (a derivative of chloroform), incorporated in petro- 
latum.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the packages failed to bear a state- 
ment of the quantity or proportion of chlorobutanol, a derivative of chloroform, 
since no statement was made that chloretone is a chloroform derivative. The 
article was alleged to be misbranded further in that statements regarding its 
curative or therapeutic effect, on the container labels and cartons and in an 
accompanying circular, that Is, statements in substance and to the effect that 
it would be effective as a remedy and cure for, and for arresting the progress of 
nasal catarrh and irritations, discomforts, and. disagreeable symptoms of nasal 
catarrh and of hay fever, falsely and fraudulently represented that the article 
was capable of producing the effect claimed in such statements.
On February 8, 1937, the W. T. Rawleigh Co., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel and having consented to a decree, judgment of condem- 
nation was entered and it was ordered that the product be released under bond 
conditioned that it be relabeled.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.