S5JO;j. Misbranding- of Knosit. V. S. * * * v. G7 Bottles of Knoxit. De??
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D.
No. 10S60,    I. S. No. 13283-r.    S. No. E-1415.)
On May 19, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of New?
York, 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 condem??
nation of 67 bottles of an article, labeled in part " Knoxit Liquid The Great?
Prophylactic, Prepared by The Beggs Mfg. Co., Chicago, Toronto," alleging that?
the article had been shipped on March 22, 1919, and transported from the State?
of Illinois into the State of New York, 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 depart??
ment showed that it consisted essentially of an aqueous solution of zinc acetate,?
hydrastine, and glycerin.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the following statements appearing on the cartons, bottle label, leaflet, and?
circular, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects thereof, were false and?
fraudulent in that the article did not contain any ingredient or combination of?
ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed : " Knoxit the great prophy??
lactic and remedy * * * a highly efficacious remedy used in the treatment?
of catarrhal affections of the eye, nose, throat and inflammations of the?
mucous membranes   *    *    *    beneficial in the treatment of hemorrhoids, ulcers
*?*    *    other mucous irritations."
On September 20, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment 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.