0081.  Misbranding of  " G   Zit "   Complete-Stearins'   and   G   Zit   Antiseptics.
TJ. S. * * * v. S Packages of * * * " G Zit " Complete- 
Stearns' and 24 Packages of * * * G Zit Antiseptics. Default 
decree   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.     (F.  &  D.  No.
108C6.     I.  S,  No. 2932-r.     S.  No.  W-441.)
On July 16, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Cali- 
fornia, 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 con- 
demnation of 8 packages of the $3-size of "G Zit" Complete-Stearns' and 24 
packages of G Zit Antiseptics, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped on April 30, 
1918, and July 5, 1918, respectively, by the Stearns Hollinshead Co., Inc., Port- 
land, Oreg., and transported from the State of Oregon into the State of Cali- 
fornia, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as 
amended.
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that the G Zit Complete consisted of two preparations, anti- 
septics for internal use and bougies for local application. The antiseptics con- 
sisted of gelatin capsules containing balsam of copaiba, oleoresin of cubebs, 
and a small amount of sulphur in oil. The bougies consisted essentially of 
silver nucleinate in a cacao butter base.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the articles were misbranded for 
the reason that they were labeled in part on the cartons, in circulars, and in 
booklets, as follows, (carton containing Zit Antiseptics) "Zit Antiseptics 
(urinary)—Stearns' * * * Remember: This Antiseptic acts on all germ life 
that may be lodged in the bladder, * * *," (carton containing G Zit 
Bougies) " G Zit Bougies—Stearns' * * * Less chance for complicated, 
lasting disease if this Treatment is used," (circular) "Instructions Ear 
Gonorrheal Patients To Cure Yourself, To Prevent Sexual Diseases Spreading 
from the Afflicted * * ¦*," (booklet) " This medicine does destroy the 
germ of gonorrhea * * * For Gonorrhea, use Zit Complete, Stearns'," 
whereas said articles contained no ingredients capable of producing the curative 
and therapeutic effects claimed for them, and the statements on the carton and 
in the circulars and in the booklets were false and fraudulent. Misbranding 
was alleged in substance for the further reason that the said articles were 
accompanied by a circular and booklet, copies of which were attached to the 
libel and marked " Exhibit A" and " Exhibit B," and made a part of the libel 
by the United States attorney, which said circular and booklet contained state- 
ments, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of said articles and the 
ingredients and substances contained therein, which were false and fraudulent 
for the reason that the articles contained no ingredients or combination of in- 
gredients capable of producing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed for 
said articles therein.
On July 30, 1919, 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.