21825. Misbranding of PX for Personal Hygiene.    U. S. v. 34 Bottles, et »1.,
of PX For Personal Hygiene. Default decrees of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 31545, 31546, 31551. Sample 
nos. 56012-A to 56017-A, incl., 37372-A.)
Examination of the drug product, PX For Personal Hygiene, disclosed that 
it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On November 7, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of thirty-six 3-ounce bot- 
tles, twelve 8-ounce bottles, and five 16-ounce bottles of PX For Personal Hy- 
giene at Seattle, Wash. On November 10,1933, libels were filed in the Northern 
District of Illinois against sixty-eight 3-ounce bottles, one hundred and sixty-four 
8-ounce bottles, and forty-seven 16-ounce bottles of the product at Chicago, Ill.
It was alleged in the libels that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce by the P.X. Products Oo.; that portions of the product had been shipped 
on or about September 15, 1933, from Detroit, Mich., into the State of Illinois; 
that the remainder had been shipped on or about October 12, 1933, from Los 
Angeles, Calif., into the State of Washington, and that the article was mis- 
branded 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 zinc chloride, sodium chloride, ammonium alum, and water.
The libels charged that the article was misbranded in that the following 
statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effects, appearing in the label- 
ing, were false and fraudulent: (Bottle label) "Healing   *   *   *   Leucorrhea
* *    *    Skin    Affections—Eczema,    Pimples,    Rashes   *    *    *   For    Boils
* * * Pus-Exuding Sores (Infections)"; (carton) " Healing agent * * * 
Infection * * * sores * * * Eczema, Pimples, certain other Skin Af- 
fections"; (circular) "Pimples, Acne, Boils * '* * Eczema * * * 
amazingly quickens clearing-up and healing.   Infections For Discharging sores
* * * prevents infection * * * heals * * * for safety from infec- 
tion * * * Sore Throat And Tonsilitis * * * Pyorrhea * * * 
Trench Mouth * * * Leucorrhea Extreme and long-standing conditions 
should be discussed with your physician. In average cases, immediate benefit 
will be found in the following use of PX. * * * In stubborn cases * * * 
found to be a prompt corrective agent"; (leaflet accompanying portions of the 
article) " Try P.X. for any skin infection You will Marvel at the Results."
On December 20, 1933, and January 9, 1934, no claimant having appeared for 
the property, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it 
was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States 
marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Affricultwe.