8840.  ^Misbranding  of  American   Hog- Remedy  and  American   Stock  Tonic.
XJ. S. * * * v. 9 Packages of Hog Remedy and 21 Packages of?
Stock Tonic, 12 Paelcages of Hog- Remedy and 24 Packages of?
Stock Tonic, 5 Packages of Hog Remedy and 22 Packages of Stock?
Tonic, 11 Packages of Hog Remedy and 23 Packages of Stock?
Tonic, 11 Packages of Hog Remedy and 23 Packages of Stock?
Tonic, 12 Packages of Hog Remedy and 24 Packages of Stock?
Tonic, 12 Packages of Hog Remedy and 24 Packages of Stock?
Tonic. 3 2 Packages of Hog R.emedy and 24 Packages of Stock?
Tonic. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion. (F & D. Nos. 13017, 13579, 13611, 13612, 13613, 13614, 13659, 13721,?
13722. I. S. Nos. 9924-r, 9925-r. Inv. Nos. 26037, 26638. I. S. Nos. 401-t,?
402-t, 404-t, 405-t, 406-t, 407-t. Inv. Nos. 26514, 26515, 26520, 26521.?
S. Nos C-2013, C-2016, C-2384, C-2385, C-2446, C-2447, C-2448, C-2449,?
C-2450, C-2451, C-2452, C-2453, C-2483,  C-2484,  C-2524,  C-2525.)
On July 16, and on or about September 8, September 10, September 13, Sep??
tember 14, and September 28, 1920, respectively, the United States attorney?
for the Northern District of Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of?
Agriculture, hied in the District Court of the United States for said district?
libels for the seizure and condemnation of certain quantities of American Hog?
Remedy and American Stock Tonic, at Elgin, McHenry, North Chicago, Lib??
erty ville, Highwood, Mount Prospect, Huntley, and Hartland, 111., respectively,?
alleging that the articles had been shipped by the American Remedy Co., Tiffin,?
Ohio, between December 23, 1919, and July 29, 1920, and transported from the?
State of Ohio into the State of Illinois, and charging misbranding in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that the hog remedy consisted largely of charcoal, peanut?
shells, salt, and ferrous sulphate, with small amounts of sulphur, Epsom salts,?
iron oxid, American wormseed, mix vomica, and quassia, and that the stock?
tonic consisted of the same ingredients, except Epsom salts and iron oxid,?
together with a small amount of brown mustard.
It was alleged in substance in the libels that the articles were misbranded?
for the reason that certain statements regarding the curative and therapeutic?
effects threof, to wit,- (hog remedy) (carton) "A concentrated remedy for swine?
recommended especially for hogs. Purifies the blood. * * * Do not be de??
ceived. Hogs require entirely distinct compounds from other domestic animals.?
It is absurd to believe that ordinary stock remedies will cure and prevent hog?
cholera. * * * The required dose for a hog of any scientific compound con??
taining the ingredients required to cure and prevent contagion among swine
*?* *. Directions: For Hog Cholera, as soon as you notice that hog cholera?
has begun on your herd * * * give from two to three tablespoonfuls of?
American Hog Remedy * * * If already diseased increase at once to?
three or even four tablespoonfuls," (stock tonic) (carton) "A valuable remedy?
for the treatment of diseases peculiar to horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, such as
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coughs * * * lung fever, * * * founder * * * diseases of the stomach,?
kidneys, and urinary organs, and all diseases arising from impure blood * * *?
begin using American Stock Tonic during the early stages of any disease. Pol-?
low directions carefully, and you will seldom have to ail a veterinary * * *?
Keep this product at hand and you can feel reasonably certain that you will?
xiot lose any of your live stock from disease. Directions * * * For hogs,?
give a tablespoonful of American Stock Tonic with feed or slops twice per day?
for each hog. This will prevent disease. * * * For hog cholera, * * * for?
worms, * * * for heaves in horses * * *," falsely and fraudulently rep??
resented that the articles were effective as remedies for the various diseases,?
ailments, and afflictions mentioned upon said cartons, whereas, in truth and in?
fact, they were not.
On November 23, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the products be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E.  D. BALL, Acting  Secretary of Agriculture.