18933. Misbranding of Mason's cream of olives ointment. TJ. S. v. 11% 
Dozen Boxes of Mason's Cream of Olives Ointment. Default de- 
cree   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (P.   &  D.  No.
26920.     I. S. No. 29261.     S. No. 5101.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Mason's cream of olives ointment, 
from the shipments herein described having shown that the carton and box 
labels contained representations that the article possessed curative and thera- 
peutic properties which, in fact, it did not possess, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York.
On September 1, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 11% dozen boxes of the said Mason's cream of olives ointment at 
New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by Aschenbach & 
Miller (Inc.), from Philadelphia, Pa., in part on or about July 30, 1931, and in 
part on or about August 14, 1931, and had been 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 con- 
sisted essentially of camphor incorporated in a fatty ointment base.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- 
ing statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the said article, 
appearing on the carton and box labels, were false and fraudulent, since it con- 
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the 
effects    claimed:  (Shipping    carton)     "For    Catarrh,    *   *    *   For    Piles
* * * For Sore Throat * * * A most effective preparation for catarrh, 
inflammation   *    *    *   croup,     mumps,    caked    breast,    *    *    *   neuralgia
* * * pimples, skin eruptions. A safe remedy for piles;" (carton) "For 
Catarrh, For Piles, For Sore Throat * * * A most effective preparation for 
catarrh, inflammation, * * * croup, mumps, caked breast, * * * skin 
eruptions, a safe preparation for piles.   *    *    *    Directions.    *    *    *   Catarrh,
* * * pimples, eruptions, neuralgia, * * * piles * * * it allays in- 
flammation; " (tin box) "A most effective preparation for catarrh, inflammation
* *    *   croup, mumps, caked breast   *    *    *    skin eruptions, a safe prepara-
tion for piles. * * * Allays Inflammation * * * Directions * * * 
Catarrh * * * pimples, eruptions, neuralgia * * * piles, * * * it 
allays inflammation, * * * Croup, * * * Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Pim- 
ples,    *    *    *    Piles, Catarrh."
On October 10,1931, 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.
AETHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.