650. Misbranding of Walko Tablets.    U. S. v. 4,968 Boxes and 1,008 Boxes of
W'alko Tablets.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C.
No. 4547.   Sample Nos. 58475-E, 58476-E.)
The labeling of this product bore false and misleading representations re-
garding its efficacy (also the efficacy of another drug) in the treatment and
control of certain poultry diseases:
On May 2, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota
filed a libel against 4,968 boxes, each containing 100 tablets, and 1,008 boxes, each
containing 230 tablets, of Walko Tablets at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about February 21,
1941, by the Walker Remedy Co. from Waterloo, Iowa; and charging that it
was misbranded.
Analysis showed that it consisted essentially of potassium permanganate,
boric acid, and calcium sulfate.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that statements in the labeling
which represented that it would be efficacious in the treatment of simple
catarrh, sneezing and wheezing, simple diarrhea, coccidiosis, nutritional dis-
eases, rickets, and polyneuritis; that it would keep the entire digestive tract
oi poultry in a normal and healthy condition, would prevent digestive disturb-
ances among baby chicks; that it was a control measure during infectious dis-
eases, and would be efficacious for the swellings of roup in the head and simple
catarrh among older birds; that it would prevent poultry losses; that it would
be effective to control bacillary white diarrhea (Pullorum Disease), would aid
in the control of infectious diseases among chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks,
squabs, pheasants, parrots, and canaries, and would enable chicks to develop
more quickly and feather earlier; and that another drug, namely Walko Tonix,
would promote digestion, stimulate the liver and other functions, and would
bring birds back to normal and keep them in the pink of condition, thus insur-
ing greater egg production and would make feathers smooth and glossy, combs
red, and would start hens laying, were false and misleading since the articles
would not be efficacious for such purposes.
On July 9, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
MOLESKIN PLASTER IN DECEPTIVE CONTAINERS