80953. Misbranding of Saurinol. U. S. v. 5 Large and 3 Small Packages of 
Saurinol.     Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
No. 45511.    Sample No. 56239-D.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent curative and therapeutic 
claims and other misrepresentations.
On July 20, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 8 packages of Saurinol 
at Oakland, Calif.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about June 9, 1939, by Saurinol Distributors from Colorado Springs, 
Colo.; and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as 
amended.
Analysis showed that the article consisted essentially of medium boiling 
petroleum oil with a small proportion of quinine alkaloid.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the label, "A Natural 
Oil," was false and misleading as applied to an article consisting essentially 
of medium boiling petroleum oil with a small proportion of quinine alkaloid. 
It was alleged to be misbranded further in that the following statements in the 
labeling were statements regarding its curative or therapeutic effects and were 
false and fraudulent: "For relief in sinus, hay fever, exposed cancer, varicose 
veins, pyorrhea, trench mouth, lacerations, ulcers, skin diseases * * * sinus, 
hay fever, apply with atomizer, Varicose veins, skin trouble use oil and massage, 
Exposed cancer, ulcers, lacerations apply with gauze. Pyorrhea or trench mouth, 
rinse mouth."
On November 30, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
GROVER B. HILL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.