27368. Misbranding of Rubbing; Isopropyl Alcohol Compound.     TJ. S. v. 345 Bot¬
tles and 357 Bottles of Bingo Brand Rubbing (Isopropyl) Alcohol Com- 
pound. Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 
39142, 39143.    Sample nos. 21766-C, 21767-C.)
This product consisted essentially of isopropyl alcohol and water and was 
sold as a rubbing alcohol compound, a term which has long been used to 
connote a preparation made from grain alcohol. The word "Isopropyl" on the 
label was relatively small and. inconspicuous. The package failed to bear a 
statement of the quantity or proportion of isopropyl alcohol contained in the 
article since the statement on the label was meaningless.
On March 1, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 702 bottles of Bingo 
Brand Rubbing (Isopropyl) Alcohol Compound, in part at Leesville, La., and 
in part at Logansport, La., alleging that it had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 11, 1936, January 11, and February 1, 1937, 
by the Bingo Co., from Houston, Tex., and charging misbranding in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements "Rubbing 
(Isopropyl) Alcohol Compound", borne on the bottle labels, were false and 
misleading since the term "rubbing alcohol compound" had long been used to 
connote a preparation made with ordinary (grain) alcohol and was misleading 
when applied to an article that contained no ordinary (grain) alcohol but 
did contain isopropyl alcohol, a. chemically different substance, and in that the 
term "isopropyl" was in type so relatively small as to be inconspicuous and to 
escape notice. The article was alleged to be misbranded further in that its 
package failed to bear upon its label a statement of the quantity or proportion 
of isopropyl alcohol contained therein since the words "Contents, Isopropyl 
Alcohol 70 Proof" were meaningless when applied to a mixture of isopropyl 
alcohol and water.
On April 26 and June 21, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.