17379. Misbranding of Zarpas ointment. IJ. S. v, 6 Jars of Zarpas Oint- 
ment No. 2. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.    (F. & D. No. 24719.    I. S. No. 025587.    S. No. 3066.)
On April 12, 1930, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and
condemnation of 6 jars of Zarpas ointment,  remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Buffalo, N. Y., consigned by Nick Zarpas, Monessen, Pa 
alleging that the article had been shipped from Monessen, Pa., December 4,1929, 
and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of New York, 
and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it was 
an ointment with a fatty base containing camphor, sulphur, ground black 
mustard, and oleoresin of capsicum.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements appearing on the jar label and in the accompanying 
circular were false and misleading and deceived and mislead the pur- 
chaser: (Jar label) "For Rheumatism, Psoriasis, Ringworm, Eczema, Lef- 
codermia, * * * Pimples, * * * Rheumatical and Arthritical Swell- 
ing, Stiffness, Body Lice, Chronic Coughs;" (circular) "For Rheuma- 
tism, * * * Milk Blotch, a dangerous disease of the scalp if not attended 
to promptly. * * * For Influenza * * * For Psoriasis * * * Foi 
Face Eruptions * * * For Pimples * * * For Rheumatical and ar- 
thritical swelling * * * For Stiffness of Joints and Muscles * * * Lice 
of the body."
The misbranding charge recommended by this department was that the 
statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article, above 
quoted, were false and fraudulent.
On June 25, 1930, 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.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Scretary of Agriculture.