29269. Misbranding of Butler's Cod Liver Oil Ointment.    T7. S. v. 1,313 Sample
Packages, 1,327 1-Ounce Packages, and 136 5-Ounce Packages of 
Butler's Cod Liver Oil Ointment. Default decree of condemnation and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 40987.    Sample No. 47276-C.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent curative and thera- 
peutic claims.
On December 15, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 2,776 packages of 
Butler's Cod Liver Oil Ointment at Chattanooga, Tenn.; alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on various dates between May 22, 
1936, and July 13, 1937, from Cleveland, Ohio, by Strong, Cobb & Co., Inc.; and 
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended. 
The article was labeled in part: "Anedemin Chemical Company."
Analysis of a sample of the article showed that it consisted essentially of 
petrolatum and a fish oil.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the labels on the tubes of 
all sizes bore the following statements regarding its therapeutic and curative 
effects, which were false and fraudulent: "Of value in the treatment of burns, 
wounds, * * * cuts * * * ulcers, etc."; and in that the cartons and 
circulars shipped with the 1-ounce size bore, among others, false and fraudulent 
representations that it was effective in the treatment of blood poisoning, surgi- 
cal incisions, various skin affections, acne, fistula, that it was effective in 
alleviating pain, reducing fever, controlling secondary infection, cleansing the 
wound and stimulating epithelization, and that it was effective to accelerate 
healing and with practically no scar.
On May 3, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.