7502. Misbranding of Injection Zip.     V. S.    -    *    =*    v. 34 Bottles    *    *    *    in 
jection    Kip.      Default    dewee    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 10780.    I. S. No. 8823-r.    S. No. C-1328.)
On July 14, 1919, the "United Stales attorney for the Eastern District of 
Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 24 bottles of Injection Zip, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Milwaukee, Wis., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about April 8, 1919, by the Baker-Levy Chemical Co., Indianapolis, 
Ind., and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Wisconsin, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The 
article was labeled in part: (Bottle) " Injection Zip * * *. Guaranteed by 
The Bakez--Levy Chemical Co. * * * This Injection is an excellent prepara- 
tion and cannot produce stricture. Relief being speedy; " (circular) "Injection 
Zip. * * * An Excellent Prepai'ation for the Treatment of Gonorrhoea, 
Gleet and Leucorrhoea. For Male or Feznale. * * * Injection Zip will cure 
the most obstinate cases in from four to five days if the following directions are 
followed."
Analysis of a sample of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it consisted essentially of lead and zinc salts, opium, 
berberine, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the product was essentially a hydro-alcoholic solution containing salts of 
lead and zinc, with opium and berberine, and that the bottles and accompanying 
circulars bore certain statements, regarding the effects of the article for the 
treatment of gonorrhoea, gleet, and leucorrhoea, which were false and fraudulent 
in that the article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable 
of producing the results or effects claimed for it, and in that the product or solu- 
tion contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
the curative or therapeutic effects claimed for it on the circulars and labels.
On August 6, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.