19360. Adulteration   and   Misbranding of   Glyeo-tan-pbene.     U.    S.   v.   22
Bottles of Glyco-tan-phene. Default decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 27586. I. S. No. 44732. 
S. No. 5572.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Glyco-tan-phene, from the ship- 
ment herein described showed that the labeling bore statements representing 
that the article possessed antiseptic, curative, and therapeutic properties which 
in fact it did not possess.
On December 21, 1931, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seiz- 
ure and condemnation of 22 bottles of Glyco-tan-phene at Cincinnati, Ohio, con- 
signed by the Hagedon Chemical Co., from Indianapolis, Ind., alleging that the 
article had been transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Ohio, 
on or about October 17, 1931, and charging adulteration and 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 small proportions of phenol, tannin, and menthol, and 
glycerin and water, colored with a brown dye. Bacteriological examination 
showed that the article was not antiseptic.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was 
sold under its own standard of strength, to wit, antiseptic, when in truth and 
in fact the strength of said drug fell below such professed standard in that it 
was not antiseptic.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, 
"An Antiseptic," was false and misleading. Misbranding was alleged for the 
further reason that the following statements appearing in the labeling, re- 
garding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article, were false and 
fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients 
capable of producing the effects claimed: (Bottle label) "Indicated in the 
treatment of Tonsilitis, Pharyngitis, Uvulitis, Pyorrhea, Sore and inflamed 
conditions of the Throat and Mouth."
On January 29, 1932, 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.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.