1344 Misbranding of Heberlings Mineral Mixture with Yeast. U. S. v. 10 Bags of Heber-
lings Mineral Mixture with Yeast. Default decree of condemnation and destruc-
tion.    (P. D. C. No. 12457.    Sample No. 72147-F.)
On or about June 5, 1944, the United States attorney for the Eastern
District of Missouri filed a libel against 10 100-pound bags of the above-
named product at Oran, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped on
or about April 5, 1944, from Bloomington, 111., by the G. C. Heberling Co.
The bag label of the article bore the following statement of composition:
"Ingredients: * * * Limestone, Special Steamed Bone Meal, Soft Rock Phos-
phate, Salt, Soda Bicarbonate, Ferric Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate (Copperas),
Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Potassium Iodide (Stabilized), Irradiated
Yeast (For Vitamin D), Oil of Anise, Cobalt Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Dry Yeast,
Vegetable Oil."
The article was alleged to be misbranded because of false and misleading
statements on the shipping tag and in the leaflet entitled "Livestock and
Poultry Manual," enclosed in the bag containing the article, regarding its
efficacy in increasing pork, beef, and egg production, saving feed, cutting
losses due to various disease conditions, maintaining health of the animals,
and acting together with niacin as a preventive of the specific infectious
disease condition of pigs known as necro, as well as scours in calves.
On July 19, 1944, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.