27717. Misbranding of   Antl-Paln   Liniment.     IT.   S.   v.   225  Jars   of  Anti-Pain
Liniment.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
No. 39677.    Sample No. 42771-C.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent curative and thera- 
peutic claims.
On June 4, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 225 jars of Anti- 
Pain Liniment at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about February 11, 1937, by Strong, Cobb & Co., Inc., 
from Cleveland, Ohio, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis showed that the article consisted essentially of methyl salicylate, 
oil of eucalyptus, and oil of turpentine incorporated in petrolatum.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements regarding 
its curative or therapeutic effects, appearing on the jar label, were false and 
fraudulent: "Anti-Pain Liniment * * * For Pains * * * An invaluable 
remedy for Neuralgic Pains, Rheumatism, Pains in Side, Chest or Back, * * * 
Sore Throat, Bronchial Affections, etc."
On July 1, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered -destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.