9101.  Misbranding of  Injection  Zip.    U.   S.     *     *      *     v. 21 Bottles     *     *     * 
of Injection Zip.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 10877.    I. S. No. 15S63-r.    S. No. E-1630.)
On August 6, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
West 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 
and condemnation of 21 bottles, more or less, of Injection Zip, at Huntington, 
W- Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in March, 1919, by John D. 
Park & Son, Cincinnati, Ohio, and transported from the State of Ohio into the 
State of West Virginia, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part, " Injection Zip 
* * * Cannot Produce Stricture. Manufactured Only By The Baker-Levy 
Chemical Co.    *    *    *•   Indianapolis, Indiana."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it consisted essentially of acetates and sulphates of lead and 
zinc, alkaloids of opium and hydra stis, plant extractives, alcohol, and water.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for 
the reason that the circular accompanying the article contained the following 
statements, to wit, "An Excellent Preparation For The Treatment Of Gonor- 
rhoea, Gleet, and Leucorrhoea. * * * a tried preparation for the above dis- 
eases * * * the best injection on the market for the purpose. Ladies 
troubled with Leucorrhoea (Whites) will obtain a speedy relief," which said 
statements to the effect that the product was a remedy for gonorrhea, gleet, and 
leucorrhea, and the statement that the product could not produce stricture, were 
false and fraudulent.
On November 29, 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.