2546. Misbranding of Dry Insecticide Dip, Gual-Calyptol, National Hog or Mange
Oil, Reininger's National Yeast Feeds, Master-Mix Mineral Feed for Cat-
tle, Reininger's National Compound for Sheep, National Hog Liquid, and
Carboline. U. S. v. National Compound Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $250.
(F. D. C. No. 23267.   Sample Nos. 77550-H to 77578-H, incl.)
INFORMATION FILED : February 9, 1948, District of South Dakota, against the
National Compound Co., a corporation, Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about January 27, March 27, April 3, and May 1,1947,
from the State of South Dakota into the State of Minnesota.
PRODUCT : Analyses disclosed that the Dry Insecticide Dip was a reddish-brown
powder containing about 17.5 percent of volatile substances, chiefly naphthalene
and phenols; that the Quai-Calyptol was an aromatic, oily, reddish-brown liquid
containing 42 percent by volume of volatile oils and containing also cresylic
acid, guaiacol, eucalyptol, pine oil, camphor, and eugenol, with a saponified
base; and that the National Hog or Mange Oil was a mineral oil containing
0.146 gram of phenolic substances (calculated as phenol) per 100 milliliters;
that the Reininger's National' Yeast Feeds consisted of heterogeneous gray
powder containing 9.5 percent of salt, 0.0048 percent of potassium iodide, 0.63
percent of crude fat, and 3.8 percent of crude fiber; that the Master-Mix
Mineral Feed for Cattle was a heterogeneous cream-colored powder containing
5.76 percent of protein, 0.14 percent of crude fat, and 0,007 percent of iodine;
that the Reininger's National Compound for Sheep was a heterogeneous reddish-
brown powder containing copper sulfate, iron sulfate, sodium sulfate, calcium
carbonate, salt, iron oxide, sulfur, charcoal, areca nuts, quassia chips, aromatic
oils, and plant matter; that the National Hog Liquid was a heterogeneous solid-
liquid mixture containing 5.5 percent of copper sulfate, epsom salt, capsicum,
potassium dichromate, potassium iodide, magnesium sulfate, chlorides, guaiacol,
and sodium bicarbonate; and that the Carboline consisted essentially of a
mixture of water, resins, and end products of coal-tar distillation.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements on the
labels of the products and in an accompanying circular entitled "National Yeast
Feeds," which circular related to the Reininger's National Yeast Feeds and
which was shipped prior to the shipment of such feeds, were false and mislead-
ing.   These statements represented and suggested:
That the Dry Insecticide Dip would be efficacious in the treatment of flu in
hogs; and that when used as directed about the house, barns, and hen house,
it would be effective as a disinfectant;
That the Guai-Calyptol would be effective in the treatment of disease condi-
tions of the respiratory tract of hogs and poultry; and that when used as a
spray and as a smudge in accordance with directions, it would be capable of
producing an expectorant and carminative action;
That the National Hog or Mange Oil possessed great healing powers for all
affections of the skin, was a splendid dressing for open wounds and sores on
farm animals, and would be effective in stopping and preventing coughs and
as an antiseptic dressing for cuts, wounds, and sores of farm animals;
That the Reininger's National Yeast Feeds contained 3.4 percent of fat and
not less than .035 percent of potassium iodine; that it would increase the
appetite, aid digestion and assimilation, aid the stomach and other internal
organs in the assimilation of the pork making elements in the usual farm
feeds, eliminate practically all bowel troubles of hogs, increase the growth and
egg production of chickens, give hogs bigger appetite, promote vigor and tone,
and make healthier hogs and baby chicks; and that it would be effective in
the cure, mitigation, and treatment of coccidiosis and other bowel troubles of
chickens;
That the Master-Mix Mineral Feed for Cattle would be effective to stimulate
the appetite, to promote digestion, and to hasten assimilation of feeds; and
that it contained not less than 10 percent of crude protein, 2.5 percent of crude
fat, and .08 percent of iodine;
That the Reininger's National Compound for Sheep would be effective in
 stimulating the appetite, eliminating gases, speeding digestion, adding to thrift
' and vigor, and expelling worms; and that it would be effective as a tonic and
as a conditioner of sheep;
That the National Hog Liquid would be efficacious in the treatment and pre-
vention of necrotic enteritis and infectious bowel troubles of swine; and that
it contained 2 percent of copper sulfate;
That the Carboline would be effective in the treatment of flu in hogs.
The above statements were false and misleading, since the products would
not be effective for the purposes represented; the yeast feeds contained a
smaller amount of fat and potassium iodine, and the mineral feeds contained
a smaller amount of crude protein, crude fat, and iodine than represented;
and the hog liquid contained more than 2 percent of copper sulfate.
Further misbranding, Section 502 (b) (2), the cans containing the National
Hog or Mange Oil and the Carooline bore no labels containing statements of the
quantity of the contents; and, Section 502 (e) (2), the label of the National
Hog or'Mange Oil failed to bear the common and usual name of each active
ingredient of the article.
The Reininger's National Yeast Feeds and f he Master-Mix Mineral Feed for
Cattle w'ere alleged also to be misbranded under the provisions of the law
applicable to foods, as reported in notices of judgment on foods.
DISPOSITION :   April 29, 1948.   A plea of guilty having been entered, the court
imposed a fine of $250.