25026. Misbranding of Old Homestead stock powder.    U. S. v. Leo Vincent Hyde
(Hyde Chemical Co.).    Plea of nolo contendere.    Fine, $50 and costs.
(F. & D. no. 30250.   Sample no. 2678-A.)
This case involved a drug preparation the labeling of which contained un- 
warranted curative and therapeutic claims.
On December 18, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Leo Vincent Hyde, trading as the Hyde 
Chemical Co., Shenandoah, Iowa, alleging shipment by said defendant in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended, on or about February 15, 
1932, from the State of Iowa into the State of Wisconsin of a quantity of Old 
Homestead stock powder which was misbranded.
Analysis showed that the article consisted essentially of sodium sulphate, 
charcoal, sulphur, small proportions of sodium phosphate, sodium thiosulphate, 
calcium carbonate, and magnesium carbonate.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that certain statements, designs, 
and devices regarding its therapeutic and curative effects, appearing on the 
sack label and in a circular shipped with the article, falsely and fraudulently 
represented that it was effective as a worm expeller; effective to aid in the 
prevention of disease; effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for gas and 
fever in the stomach, and to assist the secretive cells of the stomach into 
more activity, to produce more digestive fluid for the stomach, and to keep 
the stomach sweet, strong, and healthy; effective to help every digestive 
organ to perform its proper duties; and effective to ward off the danger of 
bloat.
On October 1, 1985, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere and the 
court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.