10133.  Misbranding: of Cholerine.    U. S.     *     *     *     v. Germo Mfgr. Co., a. Cor??
poration.     Plea of nolo contendere.     Fine, $25 and costs.     (F. & D.
No. 14048.    I. S. No. 8227-r.)
On April 5, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Missouri, 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 Germo Mfg. Co., a corporation, St. Louis. Mo., alleging shipment by said?
company, on or about September 20, 1919, in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act, as amended, from the State of Missouri into the State of Iowa, of a quan??
tity of Cholerine which \vas misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted essentially of about 97 per cent of water,?
with small amounts of iron sulphate, magnesium sulphate, sodium sulphate, and?
iron oxid, and traces of capsicum and sassafras oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the information for?
the reason that certain statements, designs, and devices regarding the thera??
peutic and curative effects thereof, appearing on the labels of the cartons, and?
bottles containing the said article, falsely and fraudulently represented it to?
be effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for worms and cholera in hogs?
and for roup, cholera, limberneck, and white diarrhea in poultry, when, in?
truth and in fact, it was not.
N. J. 10101-10150.] SERVICE AND  REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.	69
On November 2, 1921, a plea of nolo contendere to the information was en??
tered on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25?
and costs.
0. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.