7546. Misbranding- of Knoxit. V. S. * * * v. 145 Pacltag-es and G Dozen 
Bottles of Knoxit Prophylactic. TJefanlt decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 11523, 11524. I. S. Nos. 
2946-r, 2948-r.     S. No. W-539, W-540.)
On November 24, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, 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 145 packages and G dozen bottles of Knoxit Prophylactic, 
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., 
alleging that the article had been shipped on July 28, 1919, and September 9, 
1919, by the Beggs Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., and transported from the State of 
Illinois into the State of California, and charging misbranding in violation of 
the Food and Drugs'Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Car- 
ton and bottle) " Knoxit Prophylactic * * * Owing to the efficacy * * * 
of Knoxit, * * * ;" (circular) " Knoxit Prophylactic A Mild Antiseptic used 
as a Hygienic Precaution against Contraction  of Local Infectious Diseases.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for 
the reason that certain statements, borne on the labels of the carton and bottle 
and included in the circular accompanying the article, regarding the effects of 
the article as a prophylactic for local infectious diseases, were false and 
fraudulent in that it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients 
capable of producing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed for it.
On January 14, 1920, 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.