20582. Misbranding of Masterex. U.S. v. 46 Bottles of Masterex. Default 
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 28917. 
Sample no. 2747-A.)
Examination of the drug preparation Masterex disclosed that the article con- 
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing certain 
curative and therapeutic effects claimed on the label of the package.
On September 22, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of South 
Dakota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 46 bottles of Masterex at Yankton, S.Dak., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 11, 1932, by 
the Master Laboratories, Inc., from Omaha, Nebr., to Yankton, S.Dak., and 
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended. 
The article was labeled in part: (Package) " For diarrhoea and bowel disorders 
in poultry."
Analysis of a sample of the article by this Department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of cajuput oil, petroleum oil, petrolatum, nicotine sulphate, 
calcium chloride, hydrochloric acid, and water.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that certain 
statements appearing in the labeling falsely and fraudulently represented that 
it contained ingredients or medicinal agents effective in the diseases and condi- 
tions named therein.
On February 16,1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.