25418. Misbranding of Jermite Wormer.     IT. S. v. 14 Bottles of Jermite Wormer.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D.
no. 36808.    Sample no. 41216.)
Unwarranted therapeutic and curative claims were made for this article.
On December 21, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Min- 
nesota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of a quantity of Jermite 
Wormer at Owatonna, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about November 12, 1935, by the Tim Lake Products Co., 
Inc., from Des Moines, Iowa, to Owatonna, Minn., and charging misbranding in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled in part: (Pack- 
age) "Wormer * * * Do not feed poultry heavily the day before you use 
Jermite Wormer."
Analysis showed that the article consisted essentially of iron, copper, mag- 
nesium and sodium sulphates, salicylic acid, oil of anise, oleoresin of aspidium, 
and water.
Misbranding was charged under the allegation that the package of the article 
bore the following statements, and that they were false and fraudulent repre- 
sentations concerning the curative or therapeutic efficacy of the article, to wit, 
"Wormer * * * A liquid preparation containing ingredients used in clean- 
ing the intestinal tract and bowel region of certain impurities including Pin, 
Round and Tape Worms. * * * Do not feed poultry heavily the day before 
you use Jermite Wormer. The day you use Jermite Wormer, pen the poultry 
up and put the Wormer in the drinking water. * * * Eight tablespoons of 
Jermite Wormer to each gallon of water or buttermilk."
On March 14, 1936, no claimant having appeared, a default decree of condem- 
nation, forfeiture, and destruction was entered.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.