21. Adulteration and misbranding: of Palmer's Antiseptic Skin Lotion.    TJ. S. v.
SO Bottles of Palmer's Antiseptic Skin Lotion.     Default decree of con- 
demnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 183.    Sample No. 3500S-D.)
This product contained mercuric chloride (corrosive sublimate), a poisonous 
or deleterious substance, which might have rendered it injurious to users, under 
the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling in which it was recommended 
for use after shaving and as a beautifier by removing eczema, pimples, dandruff, 
and itching scaly eruptions. Its labeling failed to reveal facts material with 
respect to the consequences which might result from its use under the conditions 
of use prescribed in the labeling or under such conditions of use as are customary 
or usual.
On March 3, 1939, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia filed a libel against 36 bottles of Palmer's Antiseptic Skin Lotion at 
Richmond, Va.; alleging that th? article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about November 25, 1938, by Solon Palmer from New York, N. Y,; 
and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. It was alleged to be 
an adulterated cosmetic for the reasons stated above. It was also alleged to 
be a misbranded drug, as reported in D. D. N. J, No. 68.
It was also alleged to be adulterated and misbranded in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act of 1906, reported in notice of judgment No. 30883 published 
under that act.
On May 31, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.