1096. Misbranding of Kamnic Poultry Powder.    U.  S. v.  137 Cans of Kamnic
Poultry Powder.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D.
C. No. 9864.   Sample 3166-F.)
On April 28,1943, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska filed
a libel against 137 1-pound cans of Kamnic Poultry Powder at Omaha, Nebr.,
alleging that the article had been shipped from Kansas City, Mo., by Research
Products, Inc., on or about March 10,1943; and charging that it was misbranded.
Analysis showed that the article consisted of 35.08 percent of iron sulfate and
0.16 percent of nicotine, together with kamala, Areca, and Quassia.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the name "Kamnic" was mis-
leading since it suggested that the article was composed of kamala and nicotine,
two commonly used poultry remedy ingredients, whereas the article, when used
as directed, furnished insignificant amounts of these two ingredients; and in
that the statements appearing on its label "Contains:?* * * Iron Sulfate
(Standardized) 32?, Tobacco (Nicotine 1?) 35?," was false and misleading
since the article contained more iron sulfate and less nicotine than declared. The
article was alleged to be misbranded further in that the statements appearing on
its label, "For Flock Treatment of Poultry * * * Withhold feed for 24 hours,
allowing only drinking water. For each 30 chicks, mix one heaping tablespoonful
of Kamnic Poultry Powder thoroughly with one quart of bran or shorts in thin
mash and give at one feeding. For mature birds increase the above dosage one
half. Repeat in 24 hours. Four hours after last treatment, give four ounces Ep-
som Salts to each quart of drinking water," were false and misleading since such
directions for use and dosage for the flock treatment of poultry, when appearing
upon the label of a poultry remedy containing nicotine and kamala, represented
and suggested that the product, when used as directed, was of value in the treat-
ment of tapeworms and roundworms which infest poultry, whereas the article,
when used as directed, was of no value for any species of worms which infest
poultry, nor of any value whatever as a treatment for any known disease con-
ditions of poultry.
On May 25,1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.