102. Adulteration of cleansing cream.    U. S. v. 21 Jars and 16 Jars of Cleansing
Cream (and 1 otlaer seizure action against same product). Default decrees 
of condemnation and destruction, (F. D. C. Nos. 12362, 12374. Sample 
Nos. 51660-F, 51666-F, 51667-F, 59816-F.)
On May 12 anfl 20, 1944, the United States attorneys for the District of Massa- 
chusetts and the Northern District of Illinois filed libels against the following 
Quantities of cleansing cream: 21 2-ounce jars and 16. 4-ounce jars at Boston, 
Mass., and 16 2-ounce jars, 8 4-ounce jars, 21 8-ounce jars, and SO' 16-ounce 
jars at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped from New York, 
N. Y., by Alexandra de Markoff, Inc., within the period from on or about De- 
cember 27, 1943, to March 22. 1944; and- charging that the article was adul- 
terated.    It was labeled in part: "Alexandra de Markoff Cleansing Cream."
Examination disclosed that the article contained, among other coal-tar colors, 
"butter yellow" (Colour Index, No. 19), a non-permitted coal-tar dye which is 
known to possess carcinogenic properties.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was a cosmetic that was 
not a hair dye, and it contained a coal-tar color known as "butter yellow" that 
has not been listed for use in cosmetics in accordance with the regulations, and 
it was other than one from a batch that had been certified.
On July 11 and 24, 1944, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condem- 
nation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.