27738. Misbranding of  Sal-I-Can.    U.  S.  v.  39 Bottles  of  Sal-I-Can.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 39860. Sample 
No. 22743-C.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent representations 
regarding its curative and therapeutic effects.
On June 17, 1937, the United States attorney for the Middle District of 
Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 39 bottles of 
Sal-I-Can at Valdosta, Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 27, 1936, by Dr. J. L. Davis, Irvine, Fla., 
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis showed that the article consisted essentially of salicylic acid, alco- 
hol, acetone, and water.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the bottle and carton and 
the circular contained in the carton, bore false and fraudulent representations 
regarding its effectiveness in the treatment of ground itch, ringworm, creeping 
eruption, infected wounds, tetter, bunions, tumors, eczema, old and new sores, 
nail wounds, water poison, cuts, punctured wounds, muck poison, barber's itch, 
bruises, burns, and all forms of skin diseases; and its effectiveness for sores 
and wounds on horses, and leeches in horses, mules, and colts.
On July 31, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agrit culture.