17607. Misbranding of lianld HOST Health and flu medicine for hogs. U. S. 
v. 8 Gallons of Liquid Hog: Health, et al. Default decrees of con- 
demnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 24249, 24250, 24251, 24252, 
I. S. Nos. 016311, 016315, 016316, 016317, 016318. S. Nos. 2439, 2441, 2442, 
2443.)
Examination of samples of drug products known as liquid Hog Health, and 
flu medicine for hogs, taken from portions of the herein described shipments, 
having shown that the labels bore claims of curative and therapeutic properties 
which the articles did not possess, and that the liquid Hog Health contained 
alcohol which was not declared on the labels, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the facts to the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Iowa.
On or about November 18 and November 20, 1929, respectively, the said 
United States attorney filed in the District Court of the United States afore- 
said libels praying seizure and condemnation of 29^ gallons and 1 quart of 
liquid Hog Health, and % gallon of flu medicine for hogs, in various lots at 
Mapleton, Onawa, Holstein, and Idagrove, Iowa, respectively, alleging that the 
articles had been shipped by the General Veterinary Laboratory, from Omaha, 
Nebr., in various consignments, on or about September 8, September 18, and 
September 19, 1929, respectively, and had been transported from the State 
of Nebraska into the State of Iowa, and charging misbranding in violation 
of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analyses of samples of the articles by this department showed that the 
liquid Hog Health consisted essentially of sodium hydroxide, small amounts 
of creosote and chenopodium oil, alcohol (2.05 per cent), traces of a calcium 
compound, phosphate and chloride, and water (approximately 84 per cent) ; 
the flu medicine for hogs consisted essentially of ammonium chloride, phenol, a 
small amont of alcohol, and water (approximately 84 per cent).
It was alleged in the libels that the articles were misbranded in that the 
statements, " Liquid Hog Health," " Hog Health," and " Flu Medicine for Hogs," 
as the case might be, borne on the labels, were false and fraudulent, since 
the said articles contained no ingredients or combinations of ingredients capable 
of producing the effects claimed. Misbranding was alleged with respect to 
the liquid Hog Health for the further reason that the article contained alcohol, 
the quantity or proportion of which was not stated upon the label.
On February 4, 1930, an amended libel was filed in order to incorporate in the 
libel the following therapeutic claims appearing in the labeling of the flu 
medicine for hogs: " Flu Medicine for Hogs * * * When symptoms of Hog 
Flu are apparent * * * The first and second days of treatment, add one 
quart of ' General Flu Medicine' * * * Thereafter add one pint ' General 
Flu Medicine'   *    *    *   To avoid a possible set-back.   The treatment for Flu."
On May 27, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation were entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
products be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTJE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.