11333.  Misbranding  of O.  S.  hog  remedy.     U.  S.  v.  HO  Cases   of  O.   S.  Hog?
Remedy,     Default  decree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture, and  destruction.
(F. & D. No. 15075.    I. S. No. 4500-t     S. No. C-3080.)
On or about June 28, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis??
trict of Texas, 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 110 cases of O. S. hog remedy at Lufkin, Tex., alleging that the?
article had been shipped by the Meyer Bros. Drug Co., St. Louis, Mo., June 18,?
1920, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Texas, 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 depart??
ment showed that it consisted essentially of sodium sulphate, sulphur, sodium?
chlorid, compounds of arsenic and antimony, zinc phenolsulphonate, zinc sul??
phate, and plant material.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in tbe libel for the rea??
son that the following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effect of?
the said article, appearing on the carton containing the same, " * * * a treat??
ment for Cholera, worms of many kinds, lice, scab mites and many other parasites
*?*    *    If Cholera is Near feed Twice a week    *    *    *    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," were false and fraudulent since the said article contained?
no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects?
claimed.
On February 3, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was 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.