400. Misbranding of I-O-Tab  (Iotein Tablets).    U. S. v. H%4 Cases of I-O-Tab
(Iotein Tablets).    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F.
D. C. No. 1948.   Sample No. 13373-E.)
The labeling of this veterinary product bore false and misleading representa-
tions regarding its efficacy in the conditions indicated below.
On May 21, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon filed a
libel against lx?4: cases of the above-named product at Portland, Oreg., alleging
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about February 29,
1940, by the Dr. F. Y. Chuck Research Laboratories from San Francisco, Calif.;
and charging that it was misbranded.
Analysis showed that the tablets contained 3.44 percent of nicotine and 0.85
percent of iodine incorporated in a base of feed concentrate containing crude
fat (24 percent), reducing sugars, wheat starch, and tannic acid.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements on the
label and representations in an accompanying circular regarding its efficacy in
the prevention and treatment of coccidiosis, blackheads and worms in general
were false and misleading since it was not efficacious for the purposes recom-
mended: (Label) "For the Treatment of Fowl Suffering from Coccidiosis,
'blackhead.'- Cecum Worms (Heterakis gallina * * * I-O-Tab is Iotein
in tablet form for individual treatment of pullets, hens or turkeys that have gone
'backward' or 'light' due to Chronic Coccidiosis, 'Blackhead,' * * * Cecum
Worms. The active principle in I-O-Tab is Iotaline, a complex lodo-Alkaloidal v
compound having a destructive action on the parasites specified, but little, if any
toxic action on the fowl, when used as directed. Pick out all the birds that show
the slightest sign of 'going backward' into a small pen and give each bird an
I-O-Tab daily for 3-4 days. * * * help to nourish the birds back to health. A
laxative should be given on the firsthand third days of treatment to activate the
ceca in case of cecum worm infestation * * * Decided improvements should
be noticed in the birds one week following treatment. Birds that have not
yet responded should be treated again.   For a flock treatment use Iotein."
On July 2, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
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