22001. Misbranding of Sal-Tonik.     U. S. v. Thirty-two 50-Pound Blocks of
Sal-Tonik, et al. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 23216 to 23219 incl. I.S. nos. 014127 to 
014130 incl.    Sample nos. 1221 to 1324, incl.)
This case involved various shipments of Sal-Tonik, the labels of which 
contained unwarranted curative and therapeutic claims.
On December 6, 1928, the United States attorney for the District of South 
Dakota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of one hundred and 
twenty-three 50-pound blocks of Sal-Tonik, in various lots at Tripp, Fedora, 
Parkston, and Kaylor, S.Dak., respectively, alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce between the dates of April 7 and June 30, 1928, 
by the Guarantee Veterinary Co., from Sioux City, Iowa, and charging mis- 
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended. The labels of 
Ihfr article bore the same curative and therapeutic claims as the labels of the 
product covered by Notice of Judgment no. 16793.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this Department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of 87.8 percent of sodium chloride, 4.2 percent calcium car- 
bonate, and small proportions of sulphur, paraffin, an iron compound, and 
sulphates.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was misbranded in that certain 
statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effects, appearing on the 
labels, were false and fraudulent, since the article contained no ingredient 
or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On February 27, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were 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.