lOSSO. Misbranding of Rawleig,'h's all-medicine nog- mixture. XJ. S. v. 24J?
Doaen Cans, et al, of R.awleigh'8 All-Medicine Hog- Mixture. Con??
sent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released?
under bond.     (F. & D. No. 12971. I.  S. No. 3262-r.    S. No. W-620.)
On June 24, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 24| dozen cans, 6 pounds each, 94 pails, 25 pounds each, 34?
pails, 40 pounds each, and 4 drums, 100 pounds each, of Rawleigh's all-medi??
cine hog mixture, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Oakland,?
Calif., consigned by W. T. Rawleigh Co., Freeport, 111., alleging that the article?
had been shipped from Freeport, 111., between the dates of October 23, 1918,?
and April 14, 1920, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of?
California, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
as   amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted essentially of a mixture of sodium thiosul-?
phate, sodium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium sulphate, sodium chlorid,
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iron sulphate, potassium nitrate, calcium carbonate, sulphur, charcoal, buck??
thorn, and ginger.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effect of?
the said article, appearing on the labels of the cans, pails, and drums con??
taining the same, and in the accompanying booklet, (cans) "To Prevent?
Disease. * * * If a contagious disease is in the neighborhood feed regu??
larly as long as the contagion lasts * * * Even hogs so sick with Cholera?
that they refused to eat anything else have had their appetites restored by it,?
and have improved steadily until perfectly well * * * Hog Cholera and?
Swine Plague * * * it is recommended as especially useful to help over??
come and prevent these diseases, and has been found helpful in restoring hogs?
to health in many cases where they gave practically every symptom of being?
afflicted with one or the other of these diseases * * * Use Enough To Do?
Some Good * * * The Mixture should be given regularly at least several?
weeks to obtain appreciable benefit * * * Give it a trial, a thorough test,?
and you will be unusually well pleased with the results * * * ," (pails?
and drums) " Rawleigh's All-Medicine Hog Mixture * * * directions inside?
in ten different languages," (booklet, directions in English and foreign lan??
guages) "To Prevent Disease * * * If a contagious disease is in the?
neighborhood feed regularly as long as the contagion lasts * * * Even hogs?
so sick with cholera that they refused to eat anything else have had their ap??
petites restored by it, and have improved steadily until perfectly well," were?
false and fraudulent in that the said article contained no ingredient or com??
bination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On July 25, 1922, C. M. Cooper, claimant, having consented to a decree, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be released to the said claimant, upon payment of the?
costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $700, in?
conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the product be?
made to conform to the provisions of the said act, under the supervision of?
this department.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.