28982. Misbranding of Exanthum Oil. U. S. v. William H. Trentlage. Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $100. (F. & D. No. 40762. Sample No. 199]8-C.) The label of this product bore false and fraudulent representations regard- ing its curative and therapeutic effects. On February 23, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District •of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the •district court an information against William H. Trentlage, Elgin, Ill., alleg- ing shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended, on or about June 7, 1937, from the State of Illinois into the State of Wisconsin of a quantity of Exanthum Oil which was misbranded. The article "was labeled in part: "Exanthum Oil Prepared by William H. Trentlage * * * Elgin, III." Analysis showed that the article was a pale-yellow oily liquid containing fixed oils resembling olive oil and croton oil. The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements appearing •on the labels and in a circular enclosed with it falsely and fraudulently repre- sented its curative and therapeutic effectiveness as a treatment for sinus trouble, •quinsy, infected tonsils, appendicitis, toothache, rheumatism, lame back, pleurisy pains, stiff neck, sore chest from cold, sore throat, kidney trouble, rheumatism in its various forms, such as sciatica, muscular and inflammatory, neuralgia, pleurisy, lumbago, gout, pains in the chest caused by a cold, cramps in muscles, throat troubles such as infected tonsils, tonsillitis, quinsy, arthritis, and nervous "headache, inflamed eyes, burning and aching eyes, pain in the side, cramps in the calves of the legs, asthma, knotted joints, sprains, and stiff joints and pain in the the head; to take the poison out of the system; to aid in the relief of such symptoms as pain, swelling, and immobility; to beneficially aid in the increase -of blood in the affected area; to bring a greater amount of nourishment to the affected parts; to increase the leucocytic action; to destroy bacteria and to relieve toxicity; to relieve many of the distressing symptoms of atrophic, hy- pertrophic, and infectious arthritis, arthritis deformans, oesteoarthritis, lumbago, sciatica, bursitis, myositis, acute articular rheumatism, myalgia and allied rheumatoid conditions; to aid in the relief of the painful, distressing symptoms of quinsy, sore throat, pleuritic pains, neuralgias, and chest pains caused by colds; and its effectiveness as a treatment for ailments of the spinal column. On May 3, 1938, a plea of nolo contendere having been entered by the de- fendant, the court imposed a fine of $100. HAKRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.