2547. Adulteration and misbranding of Young's  Old Prescription.     TJ.  S. v. 25
Drums    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 24740.   Sample No. 18783-K.)
LIBEL FILED :    April 23,1948, Northern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about January 21, 1948, by Young's Stock Food Co.,
from Roaring Spring, Pa.
PRODUCT : 25 125-pound drums of Young's Old Prescription, at New Phila-
delphia, Ohio. Analysis showed that the product contained 2.98 percent of
protein, 0.83 percent of fat, 3.35 percent of crude fiber, 18.12 percent of calcium,
42.32 percent of phosphoric acid, 2.20 percent of iron, 0.003 percent of iodine,
and 0.0017 percent of strychnine, with small amounts of copper and manga-
nese, and possibly the other ingredients declared on the label.
LABEL, IN PART: "Analysis Protein 3:55 Fat 1:25 Fiber 3:87, Mineral
Analysis Calcium 18:42 Phos. Acid 26:63. Trace Minerals Manganese,
Iodine (Stabilized). Copper, Iron, Cobalt Vitamin D2 For Four-Footed
Animals Guaranteed to contain 16,000 U. S. P. Units per Pound. Ingredients:
DiCalcium Phosphate, Iron Oxide, Poke Root, Fenugreek Seed, Licorice Root,
Star Anise Seed, Cocoa Meal, Nux Vomica, Trace Mineral Compound (Iron,
Iodine, Manganese, Copper, Cobalt), Vitamin D2 "Compound (Irradiated
Ergosterol)."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (c), the quality and strength of
the article differed from that which it was represented to possess, since it
contained less protein and fat and more phosphoric acid than declared on the
label.
Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements in the leaflet contained
in each drum were false and misleading, since they represented and suggested
that the article when used as directed would be effective in the treatment of
scours in calves and as a general tonic for cows and bulls, whereas the article
would not be "effective for such purposes; and, Section 502 (e) (2), the article
was fabricated from two or more ingredients, and its label failed to bear a
statement of the quantity or proportion of strychnine contained therein.
DISPOSITION: May 18, 1948. The Young's Stock Food Co., claimant, having
admitted the facts set forth in the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered
and the product was ordered released under bond for reprocessing and relabel-
ing under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.