Issued May 5, 1922.
United State Department of Agriculture,
BUREAU   OF   CHEMTBPRY.?
W. G. CMSPSEJJ., Actin* C.hrefof Euieau.
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SUPPLEMENT.
N. J. 10051-10100.
[Approved by the Acting Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.  C, April 15,  1922.]
NOTICES OF JUDGMENT UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
[Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.]
10051. Misbranding of Oculum Oil. V. S. * * * v. 6 Bottles * * *?
of Oculum Oil, et al. Default decrees of condemnation, forfei??
ture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 12549, 12594. I. S. Nos. 3105-r,?
3124-r, 3125-r.    S. Nos.  W-596, W-599.)
On April 9, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, acting?
upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the?
United States for said district libels for the seizure and condemnation of 16?
bottles and 1 can of Oculum Oil, remaining in the original unbroken packages?
at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Hancock?
Inoculatum Co., Salem, Va., on or about November 22, 1917, and September 22,?
1919, respectively, and transported from the State of Virginia into the State?
of Oregon, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.?
as amended. A portion of the bottles containing the article were labeled in?
part: " ' Oculum ' Oil Germicide For Hogs, * * * Remedy and Preventive?
for Hog Cholera. * * * If hog has the Cholera treble the dose until im??
provement results, * * * ." The remainder of the bottles bore a label and?
were accompanied by a circular containing statements in part as follows:?
(Bottles) "'Oculum Oil' * * * Remedy And Preventive For Hog?
Cholera"; (circular) " Oculum Oil * * * Will Knock The Cholera * * *?
If a hog has the Cholera, feed 15 drops * * * and also inoculate the hog?
by   injecting   'Oculum   Oil'    *    *    *";    (testimonials)    "*    *    *    Farmers
*?* * are bad off for something to check Hog Cholera and since the ' Oculum?
Oil' you sent * * * has proven to be the solution of the problem I feel?
safe to recommend it * * * A neighbor lost * * * hogs with Cholera?
last year, and though mine were within four hundred yards of his, I had no sick??
ness. I believe ' Oculum Oil' saved mine * * *." The can containing a?
portion of the said  article was labeled  in part as follows:  " ' Oculum Oil'
*?* * Destroys Disease Germs In Anicals Remedy And Preventive For Hog?
Cholera    *    *    *   When Animal Is Sick.    *    *    *   Treble the dose   *    *    *."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it consisted essentially of turpentine oil with a small?
amount of amber oil and an orange-colored dye.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the rea??
son that the above-quoted statements appearing upon the bottles and the can?
containing the said article and in the circulars accompanying the article,?
regarding the curative and therapeutic effect thereof and the substances con??
tained therein, were false and fraudulent in that the said article contained no
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ingredients  or  combination  of ingredients  capable  of producing  the effects?
claimed.
On November 23, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by?
the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.