S4C5.  Misbranding;   of   B-I-F.    V.   S.     *     *     *?T.   33   Cartons   of   Smaw's
B-I-F   Combination.     Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,?
and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 10535.    I. S. No. 15S45-r.    S. No. E-150C.)
On June 10, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Virginia, 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?
anol condemnation of 33 cartons of Smaw's B-I-F Combination, remaining in?
the original unbroken packages at Berkley, Va., alleging that the article haol?
been shipped by the W. H. Smaw Drug Co., Baltimore, Md., on or about May?
6, 1919, and transported from the State of Maryland into the State of Vir??
ginia, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as?
amended.
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Analysis of a sample of tlie article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted of 2 preparations, an emulsion for internal?
use and an injection. The emulsion consisted essentially of balsam of copaiba,?
oils of sandalwood and cassia, glycerin, and liquor potassse. The injection con??
sisted of zinc sulphate, opium, glycerin, phenol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that certain statements appearing in the circulars accompanying the article,?
regarding the curative and therapeutic' effects thereof, to wit, " Smaw's B-I-F?
Combination An eniulsion An injection Is an old and well known treatment?
for Gonorrhea (Clap), Gleet, Leucorrhea (Whites) and other complaints due?
to inflammation or Debility of the Urinary Organs," were false and fraudulent?
in that the article did not contain any ingredient or combination of ingredients?
capable of producing the effects claimed.    '
On December 18, 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.