10360. Misbranding of   Am-O-Lox   ointment   and   Am-O-Lox   prescription.
U. S. * * * v. Am-O-Iiox Co., a Corporation. Plea of nolo con- 
tendere. Fine, $25 and costs. (F. & D. No. 13081. I. S. Nos. 9096-r, 
9097-r.)
On November 26 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against the Am-O- 
Lox Co., a corporation, Youngstown, Ohio, alleging shipment by said company, 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about September 7, 
1918, and June 16, 1919, respectively, from the State of Ohio into the State of 
Missouri of quantities of Am-O-Lox ointment and Am-O-Lox prescription, re- 
spectively, which were misbranded. The articles were labeled in part, respec- 
tively : " Am-o-lox Ointment for Eczema And All Skin Diseases * * * Pre- 
pared At The Am-O-Lox Laboratories, Youngstown, Ohio, * * * "; and 
"Am-o-lox Prescription for Eczema And All Diseases Of The Skin And 
Scalp    *    *    *."
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that the Am-O-Lox ointment was an ointment consisting 
essentially of zinc oxid, sulphur, phenol, methyl salicylate, and a small amount 
of an anilin dye in a base composed of a petroleum product (petrolatum and 
paraffin) and a waxy material; and that the Am-O-Lox prescription consisted 
essentially of glycerin, phenol, salicylic acid, methyl salicylate, anilin dye, alco- 
hol, and water.
Misbranding of the articles was alleged in substance in the information for 
the reason that certain statements appearing on the cans and envelopes contain- 
ing the Am-O-Lox ointment and on the cartons and bottles containing the 
Am-O-Lox prescription and in certain circulars accompanying both, falsely 
and fraudulently represented the former to be effective, when used in 
connection with Am-O-Lox soap and Am-O-Lox solution, as a treatment, remedy, 
and cure for eczema and all skin diseases, salt rheum, tetter, eczema of the 
hands, infantile eczema, psoriasis, eczema of the scalp, dandruff, falling 
out  of  hair   and  all  diseases  of  the  scalp,  barber's  itch,  ring  worm,   pirn-
pies, blackheads, pruritus or itching piles, varicose ulcers, acne, piles, boils, 
ulcers, carbuncles, burns, running sores, red nose, itch of all kinds, and hives; 
and the latter to be effective, when used in connection with Am-O-Lox soap and 
Am-O-Lox ointment, as a treatment, remedy, and cure for eczema and all skin 
diseases, salt rheum, tetter, eczema of the hands, infantile eczema, psoriasis, 
eczema of the scalp, dandruff, falling out of hair, and all diseases of the scalp, 
barber's itch, ring worm, pimples, blackheads, pruritus or itching piles, varicose 
ulcers, acne, piles, boils, ulcers, carbuncles, burns, running sores, red nose, itch 
of all kinds, hives, herpes, lichen, sycosis, dermatitis, and ivy poisoning, when, 
in truth and in fact, the said articles would not be effective for the purposes 
claimed in the said statements.
On September 12, 1921, a plea of nolo contendere was entered on behalf of 
the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
C W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.