25108. Misbranding of Egge an Egg Maker, Fluspray, and Sanite.    U. S. v. 56
Cases of Egge an Egg Maker, and Other Drug Articles. Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 
35634, 35635, 35636.    Sample nos. 32316-B, 32317-B, 32318-B.)
Unwarranted curative or therapeutic claims were borne on the cartons, in 
leaflets enclosed in them, and on the bottle labels of these drugs. On the 
carton of Egge an Egg Maker and in a leaflet shipped with it appeared a de- 
sign of a chicken on a basket of eggs.
On June 13, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of quantities of Egge an Egg 
Maker, Fluspray, and Sanite at Des Moines, Iowa, alleging that the articles 
had been shipped by the Concentrated Products, Inc., from Quincy, Ill., to 
Des Moines, Iowa, on or about June 3, 1934, and charging misbranding in 
violation of the food and Drugs Act. The articles were labeled in part: 
(Carton) "Egge an Egg Maker";  (carton) "Fluspray"; (bottles)  "Sanite."
Analyses showed that the Egge an Egg Maker consisted essentially of sulphur, 
calcium and magnesium carbonates and sulphates, and small proportions of 
other inorganic material; that the Fluspray consisted essentially of formalde- 
hyde, glycerin, and methyl salicylate colored blue; and that the Sanite con- 
sisted essentially of furfural.
The Egge an Egg Maker was alleged to be misbranded in that the carton in 
which it had been shipped and a leaflet enclosed in the carton bore and con- 
tained statements and a design of a chicken on a basket of eggs that falsely 
and frauldulently represented that the article was effective to stimulate and 
increase egg production from poultry; that it possessed curative or therapeutic 
efficacy with respect to leg weakness and indigestion, cholera, gaps and roup in 
poultry; and that it was a general conditioner and regulator of the health of 
poultry, ducks, geese, turkeys, and pigeons.
The Fluspray was alleged to be misbranded in that the bottle labels, the 
carton in which it had been shipped, and a leaflet enclosed in the carton, bore 
and contained false and fraudulent statements that the article possessed cura- 
tive or therapeutic efficacy with respect to the following disabilities and diseases 
of poultry: Bronchitis, gapes, coughs, colds, pneumonia, diphtheria, intestinal 
flu, other infectious ailments of throat, head, and respiratory organs, and 
sneezing.
The Sanite was alleged to be misbranded in that the bottle labels falsely 
and frauldulently represented that the article was curative or therapeutic 
when used in the treatment of dry eczema and aching feet in poultry.
On August 10, 1935, no claimant having appeared, a judgment of condemna- 
tion, forfeiture, and destruction was entered.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.