18967. Misbranding of Fumoil. 17. S. v. 3% Dozen Cans of Fumoil. De- 
fault decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 26475. 
I. S. No. 13153.    S. No. 4775.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Fumoil, from the shipment herein 
described having shown that the can label bore statements representing that 
the article possessed curative and therapeutic properties which it did not 
possess, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States 
attorney for the District of Arizona.
On or about June 8, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of three and one-third dozen cans of Fumoil at Phoenix, 
Ariz., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Standard Chemical 
Manufacturing Co., from Omaha, Nebr., on or about November 24, 1930, and 
had been transported from the State of Nebraska into the State of Arizona, 
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 a package of chlorinated lime and a vial of impure 
turpentine oil.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the said 
article, appearing in the labeling, were false and fraudulent, since it contained 
no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects 
claimed: "For Hogs Recommended for the Treatment of Flu * * * and 
Pneumonia * * * for Poultry Recommended for the treatment of Roup, 
*    *    *   Nose and Throat troubles in Poultry."
On December 21, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHTJID M. HYDE, Secretary of AffricuUure.