1691. Misbranding of Acldox and Germozone.    V. S.' v. 90 Bottles of Acldox, 125
Bottles of Germozone^ and 75 catalogs.   Default decree of condemnation
and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 15990.    Sample Nos. 12802-H, 12803-H.)
LIBEL FILED : May 3,1945, Southern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 16,1945, by the George H. Lee Co., from
Omaha, Nebr.'
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PBODTJCT: 90 bottles of Acidox, 125 bottles of Germozone, and 75 catalogs en-
titled "The Lee Way Poultry Book, 1944," at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Examination disclosed-that the Acidox consisted essentially of water, salt,
acetic acid, sodium bisulfate, zinc chloride, and a small amount of pyridine;
and that the Germozone consisted essentially of water, salt, aluminum sul-
fate, potassium permanganate, and potassium chlorate.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Acidox, misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements
and designs on the bottle labels and in the catalog were false and misleading
since they represented and suggested that the article, when used as directed,
rabbits; and that it would be effective to control protozoan parasites and
parasitic worms. The article, when used as directed, would not be effective
for the purposes claimed.
Germozone, misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements and designs
on the bottle labels and in the catalogs were false and misleading since they
represented and suggested that the article, by reason of its germicidal or bac-
tericidal properties, would be effective, when used in the drinking water as
directed, to successfully combat disease conditions of poultry and livestock
caused by germs, and to prevent the transmittal of such diseases; that the
article would be effective, when used as directed, in the treatment and
prevention of coccidiosis, diarrhea, bowel troubles, and other serious disease
conditions of poultry; that it would be effective in the treatment of scours,
necrotic enteritis, and other disease conditions of calves, pigs, and other live-
stock; and that, by reason of its astringent action, it would be effective to
combat diseases of the digestive tract of fowls and other animals. The article
would not be effective for such purposes.
DISPOSITION: May 31, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con-
demnation was entered and the products, including the catalogs, were ordered
destroyed.