5016. Misbranding of " National Hog Remedy " and " National Cow Tonic."?
XJ. S. * * * v. National Breeders Co., a corporation. Plea of?
nolo contendere. Fine, costs in case. (F. & D. No. 6040. I. S. Nos.?
9194-e, 9195-e.)
On June 26, 1915, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district an information against the National?
Breeders "Co., a corporation, Tiffin, Ohio, alleging shipment by said company, in?
violation of the Pood and Drugs Act as amended, on or about February 1, 1913,?
from the State of Ohio into the State of West Virginia, of quantities of articles?
labeled in part, " National Hog Remedy," and " National Cow Tonic," which?
were misbranded.
Analyses of a sample of the " National Hog Remedy " by the Bureau of?
Chemistry of this department showed that the product consisted essentially of?
the sulphates and chlorids of ferrous iron, magnesium, sodium, calcium, and?
traces of potassium, also sand and traces of strychnine and brucine (indicat??
ing nux vomica), and other plant substances, including charlock, white and?
brown mustard, quassia, linseed, some unidentified tissues, and cereals.
Analyses of a sample of the " National Cow Tonic " by the Bureau of Chem??
istry of this department showed that the product consisted essentially of the?
sulphates and chlorids of ferrous iron, magnesium, and sodium, and also char??
coal, sand, traces of strychnine and brucine (indicating nux vomica), and other?
plant substances, including coarsely ground brown and white mustard and some?
charlock.
It was charged, in substance, in the information that the " National Hog?
Remedy " was misbranded for the reason that the statements appearing on its?
label falsely and fraudulently represented it as a remedy for swine, containing?
such medicines as destroy all disease germs and insure health, for hog cholera,?
scrofula, inflammatory .and all other contagious diseases peculiar to swine, and?
as a cure and preventive of hog cholera and all contagious diseases of swine,?
when, in truth and in fact, it was not.
It was charged in substance in the information that the " National Cow?
Tonic " was misbranded for the reason that the statements appearing on its?
label falsely and fraudulently represented it as effective for the cure and pre??
vention of all diseases among cows, as a preventive of abortion, and for pro??
moting healthy delivery, curing barrenness, removing retained afterbirths,?
preventing tuberculosis, stopping scours, curing milk fever, caked udder,?
swelling of the bag, kidney trouble, and garget, when, in truth and in fact, it?
was not.
On July 24, 1915, the defendant company entered a plea of nolo contendere to?
the information and was sentenced by the court to pay the costs in the case.
CARL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
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