26962. Misbranding of   Alcothol-Rub.     T7.   S.   v.   113   Bottles  of  Alcothol-Rub,
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no.  36923. 
Sample, no. 50470-B.)
This product was represented on the label to consist essentially of alcohol 
and to be endorsed by the medical profession; when it consisted largely of 
water and a small proportion (2.1 percent) of isopropyl alcohol, it had not 
been endorsed by the medical profession, and the label failed to bear a state- 
ment of the quantity or proportion of isopropyl alcohol that it contained.
On January 9, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 113 bottles of 
Alcothol-Rub at Newark, N. J., alleging that it had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 19, 1935, by Fallis, Inc., from New York, 
N. T., and that it was misbranded in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement, "Alcoholi- 
c * * * Endorsed by the Medical Profession", borne on the bottle labels, 
represented that it consisted essentially of alcohol, and that the medical 
profession as a whole had endorsed it; when in fact the article consisted 
largely of water with but a small proportion of isopropyl alcohol, and the
medical profession had not given it such endorsement It was alleged to 
be misbranded further in that the package failed to bear on its label a state- 
ment of the quantity or proportion of isopropyl alcohol contained therein.
On February 7, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.