27732.  Misbranding of  Trents  Eucalyptol   Compound.     U.   S.  ?.  216  Packages 
and 65 Packages of Trents Eucalyptol Compound.     Default decrees of 
- condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. Nos. 39947, 39948.    Sample Nos. 
31539-C, 31540-C, 31541-C, 31548-C.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent representations re- 
garding its curative and therapeutic effects.
On July 14, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 281 packages of Trents 
Eucalyptol Compound at Indianapolis, Ind., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce in various shipments between the dates 
of November 10, 1936, and April 19,1937, by John J. Samuels from Chicago, Ill., 
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended. 
The article was labeled in part: "Trents Eucalyptol Compound * * * Pre- 
pared by J on J. Samuels, Chicago, Ill."
Analyses showed that the article consisted essentially of water, sugar, gum, 
and small proportions of eucalyptol and menthol.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements regarding its 
curative or therapeutic effects, were false and fraudulent: (All bottles, cartons, 
and wrappers) "Effective in the treatment of Coughs * * * Hoarseness, 
Irritated * * * Throat and other ailments of the air passages * * * 
Where the cough is troublesome and continuous take small doses, from fifteen 
to twenty drops every fifteen minutes"; (some cartons and wrappers) "The 
use of Eucalyptus in the treatment of throat and lung affections * * * has 
won a reputation as a curative agent * * * It is prompt and effective"; 
(other cartons) "The use of Eucalyptus in the treatment of throat affections 
*    *    *   has won a reputation    *    *    *    It is prompt and effective."
On September 27, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.