26898. Misbranding of Rawleigh's All-Medicine Hog Mixture. U. S. v. 8 Pails 
and 23 Packages of Rawlelgh's All-Medicine Hog Mixture. Consent 
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 88987. Sample 
no. 81128-C.)
The labels of this article bore false and fraudulent curative or therapeutic 
claims.
On January 21, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 9 pails and 23 packages of Raw- 
leigh's All-Medicine Hog Mixture at Denver, Colo., alleging that it had been 
shipped in interstate commerce by the W. T. Rawleigh Co., from Freeport, Ill., 
on or about November 6, 1936, and that it was misbranded in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis of the article showed that it consisted essentially of sodium chloride, 
phosphate, thiosulphate, and bicarbonate, ferrous sulphate, sulphur, charcoal, 
and a small quantity of a laxative plant drug.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that statements regarding its 
curative or therapeutic effects, borne on the labels of the palls and packages and 
contained in a booklet and in a circular enclosed in the pails and In the pack- 
ages, falsely and fraudulently represented that it was capable of producing the 
effects claimed in such statements, in substance and effect as follows: That 
the article would be effective to stimulate the appetite and to tone up the 
digestive processes in conditions of Impaired nutrition in hogs; that it would 
aid in fattening hogs, brood sows, shoats, and pigs; would stimulate sluggish 
liver and aid in overcoming intestinal indigestion, and prevent fermentation 
caused by fungi in the alimentary canal; would be effective in treating gastric 
Intestinal bleeding, gastric ulcers, and catarrh of the stomach; would increase 
the flow of saliva, relieve flatulency, and promote digestion; would have a lax- 
ative effect upon the skin and the linings of the stomach; would act as a 
stimulant and destroy disease germs; would stimulate the appetite and in- 
crease solubility of food and relieve indigestion and accompanying flatulency; 
that the article possessed the property of absorbing gases, would purify the 
stomach and Intestines, and prevent the growth of disease germs by depriving 
them of moisture; would relieve pain in the stomach and aid in the cure of 
fermentative dyspepsia and catarrh; would aid in fattening hogs; would supply 
elements the system of swine requires and would be effective as a tonic and 
alterative and stimulant; would assist in toning up the system and improving 
the appetite; would aid the processes of digestion, assimilation, and elimina- 
tion; would promote greater strength, more vigorous functional activity and 
health, greater vitality, and natural power of resistance against disease; would 
be effective as a remedy or cure for loss of appetite, indigestion, and run- 
down condition; would be effective to maintain the appetite, to assist the ani- 
mals to grow and fatten more quickly, to round out better, and to reach a 
condition that would bring higher market prices; would cause greater gains in 
bone, muscle, and feeding capacity; would aid in keeping the digestive tract 
alkaline and thereby prevent the growth of necrotic and other types of enter-
itis bacteria; would be effective as a tonic for horses, mules, cattle, and sheep; 
would be effective to fatten pigs, to stimulate the appetite, to keep the appe- 
tite good and the digestive organisms vigorous, to cause the animals to thrive, 
and to keep the pigs growing.
On February 4, 1937, the W. T. Rawleigh Co., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel and having consented to a decree, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
HAEBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.