17212. Misbranding of Uanld Poultry Health.    U.  S. v.  7 Pints  of Liquid
Poultry Health.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.    (F. & D. No. 24247.    I. S. No. 016095.    S. No. 2448.)
On November 14, 1929, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 7 pints of liquid Poultry Health at Lanark, Ill., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the General Veterinary Laboratory, from Omaha, 
Nebr., September 19,1929, and transported from the State of Nebraska into the 
State of Illinois, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs 
act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of ammonium chloride, mercuric chloride, iron sulphate, copper 
sulphate, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said 
article, borne on the label of the container, " Poultry Health * * * Results 
should be prompt * * * Continue this treatment * * * After this four- 
teen-day treatment and for general conditioning continue to put' Liquid Poultry- 
Health ' in the drinking water only, to help ward off disease. * * * For baby 
chicks add one-half tablespoonful of 'Liquid Poultry Health' to each gallon 
of drinking water for the first three or four days and thereafter add one table- 
spoonful to each gallon of drinking water," were false and fraudulent, in that 
the said statements were applied to the article so as to represent falsely and 
fraudulently to purchasers thereof and create in the minds of such purchasers 
the impression and belief that it was, in whole or in part, composed of or 
contained ingredients or medicinal agents effective as a remedy for the diseases, 
ailments, and afflictions mentioned therein.
On February 23, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHXJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.