179. Misbranding:   of   Hertford's   Famous   Inhaler.     IT.   S.   v.   294   Packages   of
Holford's Famous Inhaler.    Default decree of condemnation and destruc-
tion.    (F. D. C. No. 1845.    Sample No. 7331-E.)
The labeling of this product bore false and misleading representations regard-
ing its efficacy in the conditions indicated below.
On April 22, 1940, the United States attorney for the Southern District of
California filed a libel against 294 packages of Holford's Inhaler at Los Angeles,
Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or
about February 13, 1940, by the Holford Co. from Minneapolis, Minn.; and
charging that it was misbranded.
Analysis showed that the article was a mixture of plant material including
eucalyptus leaves and lavender flowers, saturated with essential oils including
mustard oil, eucalyptus oil, and camphor.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that its labeling bore repre-
sentations that it was efficacious in the treatment of catarrh, headaches, asthma,
hayfever, sinus and many other troubles, headaches caused by eyestrain,
nervousness, stomach trouble, inhaling vapors of gases, strong paints or sim-
ilar causes; cold in the lungs, simple sore throat, constant coughing, asthma,
tonsilitis, toothache and neuralgia in the jaws or temple, that its constant,
use was recommended for hay fever and catarrh, that on dusty dry days or
when one has been sitting too long in a close stuffy room inhaling a few times
would clear the head and dispel drowsiness; that inhaling the vapors at the first
feeling of faintness would usually relieve fainting spells, that for those who
have trouble arising in the morning due to sluggish or lazy feeling inhaling the
vapors from the cork would give one a vigorous feeling; that it would afford
quick relief from distress of minor troubles which affect the head or throat,
which representations were false and misleading since the article was not
efficacious for the purposes recommended.
On May 15, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was.
entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.