8032. Misbranding of Injection Zip. U. S. * * * v. 21 7/12 Dozen Bottles?
of Injection Zip. DefamJt decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.     (P.  & D. No. 10545.    I.  S. No. 13436-r.     S. No. E-152G.)
On June 9,1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of Penn??
sylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 21A dozen bottles of Injection Zip, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about October 28, 1918, by the Baker-Levy Chemical Co., In??
dianapolis, Ind., and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of?
Pennsylvania, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted essentially of acetates and sulphates of zinc?
and lead, hydrastis, opium alkaloids, plant extractives, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the statements appearing on the label and in the circular accompanying?
the article were false and fraudulent in that the product contained no in??
gredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the curative and?
therapeutic effects claimed for it, as follows: (Bottle) " This Injection * * *?
cannot produce stricture. Belief being speedy ;" (circular) "* * * Injection?
Zip * * * for male or female. To be used for Gonorrhoea, Gleet and Leucor-?
rhoea. Cannot Produce Stricture * * * an excellent preparation for the?
treatment of Gonorrhoea, Gleet and Leucorrhoea for male or female. Injection?
Zip is a tried preparation for the above diseases * * * we have no hesita??
tion in saying that we believe it is to-day, the best injection on the market for?
the purpose. Ladies troubled with Leucorrhoea (Whites) will obtain a speedy?
relief. Injection Zip will aid the most obstinate cases in from four to five?
clays    *    *    *."
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On June 25, 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.