9127.  Misbranding of O. S. Hog Remedy.    17. 8.    *    *     *    v. 87 Cases    *     *     * 
of O. S. Hog Remedy.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture,-
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 13396.    I. S. No. 9545-r.    S. No. C-2051.)
On August 19, 1920, the United States attorney for the Middle District of 
Alabama, 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 
condemnation of 87 cases of O. S. Hog Remedy, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Montgomery, Ala., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the O. S. Hog Remedy Co., Lufkin, Tex., on May 17, 1920, and transported 
from the State of Texas into the State of Alabama, and charging misbranding 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled: 
(Carton) " O. S. Hog Remedy * * * A Guaranteed treatment for hog 
cholera if used regularly according to directions on package, also destroys 
worms, lice, scab mites and many other kinds of parasites. * * * If cholera 
is Near feed Twice a week."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it consisted essentially of a mixture containing sodium 
sulphate, zinc sulphocarbolate, arsenic trioxid, sodium chlorid, sulphur, char- 
coal, ground oil cake, and alizarin coloring.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
above-quoted statements printed on the cartons were false and fraudulent in 
that the article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable 
of producing the therapeutic effects claimed for it on the carton.
On January 7, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the property be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.