2599. Misbranding of Chexit.   U. S. v. 11 Bottles, etc.    (F. D. C. No. 24903.
Sample No. 20501-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   On or about July 6,1948, Western District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 8, 1948, by United Farmers Exchange,
from Council Bluffs, Iowa.
PRODUCT: 11 3-pound bottles and 46 1-pound bottles of Chexit at Excelsior
Springs, Mo. Analysis showed that the product consisted chiefly of calcium
carbonate, powdered nux vomica, poke root, ginger, fenugreek, and potassium
iodide.
LABEL, IN PART :    "Chexit for Livestock   Demulcent Anti-Acid Mixture."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the name of the article and
certain statements on its label were false and misleading since such name and
statements represented and suggested that the article when used as directed
was effective to check disease conditions of calves, lambs, colts, kids, sows
with suckling pigs, milch cows, and steers, and that the article was a demulcent
tonic and a tonic to the appetite of animals. The article when used as directed
was not effective to check disease conditions of the animals mentioned, and
it was not a demulcent tonic nor a tonic to the appetite of animals.
DISPOSITION :   October 26, 1948.   Default decree of destruction.