21999. Misbranding of  V.   S.   Stoelstone.     V.   S.   -v.   T-wenty-tbree   6-Pound
Packages   of   AT.   S.   Stoektone.     Default   decree   of  condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 29851.     Sample no. 30160-A.)
Examination of the drug product. V. S. Stocktone, disclosed that it con- 
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing cer- 
tain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On March 1, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of twenty-three 6-pound pack- 
ages of V. S. Stocktone at Fostoria, Ohio, alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 20, 1932, from Fos- 
toria, Ohio, to Frederick. Md., and returned to Fostoria, Ohio, 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 calcium carbonate (29 percent), magnesium sulphate (11 
percent), ferrous sulphate (12 percent), sulphur (4 percent), insoluble min- 
eral matter, such as sand or clay (16 percent), a small proportion of calcium 
phosphate, and plant drugs, including fenugreek, quassia, American worm- 
seed, and nux vomica.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article, 
appearing in the labeling, were false and fraudulent: (Carton) "V. S. Stock- 
tone is not a cure. All it is is a remedy specifically for stomach and intesti- 
nal worms, the cause of ninety percent of all the sickness and losses among 
live stock, especially hogs and sheep. V. S. Stocktone will destroy and expel 
stomach and intestinal worms. It will do more, it corrects and aids diges- 
tion, tones the system, puts the stomach in condition to assimilate the food 
better, enables the animal to derive more good from what you feed, creates a 
better appetite, regulates the bowels so that in a short time a healthy vigor- 
ous animal is the result * * * Give them free access to V. S. Stocktone. 
They will doctor themselves."
On November 28, 1933, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.