1840. Misbranding of Blackturk.    U. S. v. Alphonse LaRochelle   (Stone Ridge
Turkey Farm).   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $500.   Defendant placed on proba-
.      tion for 2 years.    (F. D. C. No. 15586.    Sample Nos. 59971-5', 81333-F.)
INFORMATION FILED : January 8, 1946, District of Minnesota, against Alphonse
LaKochelle, trading as the Stone Ridge Turkey Farm, Crookston, Minn.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about May 1 and November 2, 1944, from the State
of Minnesota into the States of Indiana and Kansas.
LABEL, IN PART : "Blackturk Black Head Cure For Turkeys."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the statements, "Black Turk
Blackhead Cure for Turkeys * * * Treats 100 Small or Adult Tur-
keys * * * This will cure blackhead in turkeys," borne on the bottle label,
and certain statements contained in an accompanying circular entitled "Black-
turk Blackhead Cure For Turkeys," were false and misleading. They repre-
sented and suggested that the article would be efficacious in the cure, mitiga-
tion, treatment, and prevention of blackhead in turkeys, hexamitiosis, tri-
chomoniasis, typhoid, paratyphoid, and coccidiosis in poults and older turkeys.
The article would not be efficacious for the purposes represented and suggested.
DISPOSITION : June 4,1946. A plea of guilty having been entered, the defendant
was fined $500 on count 1. He was placed on probation for 2. years on count 2,
on condition that he desist from the manufacture of the product.