*>2597. Misbranding of Calfurdine.   U. S. v. 29 Bottles   *   *   *   (and 1 other
seizure action).    (F. D. C. Nos. 25359, 25515.    Sample Nos. 28187-K,
29010-K.)
'    LIBELS FILED :   August 23 and September 8, 1948, District of New Mexico.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    By the Germ-O-Tone Laboratories, from Phoenix, Ariz.
The product was shipped on or about December 16 and 24, 1947, and a number
of circulars were delivered on or about December 15 and 31, 1947.
PRODUCT:    Calfurdine.   58 bottles at Roswell, N. Mex., and 130 bottles and 17
jugs at Albuquerque, N. Mex., together with a number of circulars relating to
the product entitled  "Important Information Published For:   Poultrymen
Babbitries   Livestock Producers   Pet & Game Bird Raisers and Fur Bear-
ing Animal Farms."   The bottles were in 8-ounce, 16-ounce, and 32-ounce
sizes, and the jugs were in ^-gallon and 1-gallon sizes.
LABEL, IN PABT :    "Flowers of Sulfur . . . 0.09   Iodine . . . 0.04   Lime . . . 1.39
(Total Sulfur . . . 3.08)    Calcium Thio-Sulphate . . . 0.68'   Calcium Polysul-
phide . . . 2.31   Potassium nitrate . . . 0.79   Inert . . . 94.70."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements on the
label of the article and in the circulars were false and misleading since they
represented and suggested that the article when used as directed was effective
in the prevention and treatment of external and internal parasitic infestations
and other diseased conditions of animals, whereas the article when used as
directed would not be effective for such purposes.
DISPOSITION : September 28 and October 11, 1948. Default decrees of condem-
nation and destruction.