SG45. Misbranding- of Knoxit. XX. S. * * * v. 114 Dozen Bottles of?
Knoxit. Default decree of condemnation, foi'feitnre, and destruc??
tion.    <F. & D. No. 10128.    I. S. No. 6176-r.    S. No. C-1179.)
On April 29, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Ohio, 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 con??
demnation of 11 i dozen bottles of an article of drugs, labeled in part "Knoxit
*?* * Prepared only by Beggs Manufacturing Co., Chicago-Toronto," con??
signed by said company from Chicago, 111., March 22, 1919, remaining unsold?
at Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that the article had been transported from the?
State of Illinois into the State of Ohio, and charging misbranding in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part:?
(Bottle)    "Knoxit   The   Great   Prophylactic    *    *    *;"    (carton)    "Knoxit
*?* * for Inflammation of the mucous membranes * * *;" (circular)?
"Knoxit * * * a highly efficacious remedy used in the treatment of ca??
tarrhal affections of the eye, nose, throat and inflammation of the mucous mem??
branes. It is also beneficial in the treatment of hemorrhoids, ulcers and?
cankers    *    *    *    gonorrhoea  or  leucorrhoea    *    *    *    use Knoxit  Globules
*?*    *    with Knoxit Injection."
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BUREAU   OF   CHEMISTRY.	
[Supplement 103,
Analysis of a sample of tlie article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted of a dilute solution of zinc acetate and?
hydrastis, in glycerin and water, perfumed with oil of rose.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that certain statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects?
thereof, appearing on the label and carton and contained in the circular as?
hereinbefore set forth, were false and fraudulent in that the article contained?
no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects?
claimed, and in that the article was insufficient of itself for the successful?
treatment and cure of the ailments and diseases for which it was prescribed?
and recommended.
On September 19, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeitu're
" was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. E>. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.