21576. Misbranding of Salomint Dental Cream.    IT. S. v. 23 Gross Packages
of Salomint Dental Cream.    Product ordered released under bond 
to be relabeled.     (F. & D. no. 30889.    Sample no. 49457-A.)
Examination of the product involved in this case disclosed that the article 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed on the carton and tube labels.
On August 10, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 23 gross packages 
of Salomint Dental Cream at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about June 26, 1933, by the New England 
Collapsible Tube Co., from New London, Conn., and charging misbranding in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act -as amended. The article was labeled in 
part: " Sal-O-Dent Laboratories, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa."
Analysis of a sample of the article by this Department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, sodium chloride, 
soap, and water, with flavoring and coloring material.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements, regarding its curative or therapeutic effects, were false 
and fraudulent: (Carton) "In the compounding of Salomint milk of magnesia 
is delightfully blended with pure salt. Salt has been prescribed by the dental 
profession for the past fifty years as the simplest and best remedy for soft 
flabby gums which very often ends in pyorrhea * * * protect their gums 
with salt and be assured of healthy teeth * * * if gums are normal use 
salomint twice daily, if gums soft and receding use three times daily until 
normal condition arises", (tube) " For Normal gums use twice daily. For 
tender bleeding gums use three times daily until normal condition results."
On August 21, 1933, the Sal-O-Mint Laboratories, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., having 
appeared as claimant for the property and having admitted the allegations 
of the libel, a decree was entered ordering that the product be released to the 
claimant to be relabeled, upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond 
in the sum of $500, conditioned that it should not be disposed of contrary to 
the provisions of the Federal Food and Drugs Act and all other laws.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.