839C. Misbranding of Gillen's Cholera Remedy. -IT. S. * * * v. 248 Cases.?
More or Ltss, of a Product Labeled in Part, " Gillen's Cholera?
Remedy." Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture; Prod??
uct released on bond. (F. & D. No. 11072. I. S. Nos, 9415-r, OilG-r.?
S.   No.  C-1412.)
On August 14, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con??
demnation of 248 cases of Gillen's Cholera Remedy, at New Athens, 111., con??
signed by the Gillen Remedy Co., Atlanta, Ga., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about March 20, 1919> and transported from the State of Georgia?
into the State of Illinois, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part, " Gillen's Hog-?
Remedy for Hogs and Chickens."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted of an aqueous solution of saponified tar oil and?
sodium sulphate.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in that certain statements?
appearing on the label on the package containing the article, regarding its cura??
tive or therapeutic effects, falsely and fraudulently represented the article to be?
effective as a treatment and as a preventive for cholera in hogs and chickens and?
for sore head and roup and white diarrhea in little chicks, whereas, in truth?
and in fact, it was not.
On. June 30, 1920, the United. Stock Remedies Co., claimant, having consented?
to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered,?
and it was ordered by the court that the product be delivered to the claimant?
upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the filing of a bond in?
the sum of $2,500, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.