27150. Misbranding of Dunlap's Colic Remedy for Horses and Cattle. U. S. v. 
15 Bottles of Dunlap's Colic Remedy for Horses and Cattle. Default 
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. DO. 39025. Sample 
no. 5040-C.)
The quantity of alcohol contained in this article was misrepresented on the 
cartons and bottle labels.    These labels and a circular enclosed in the cartons, 
? bore and contained false and fraudulent curative or therapeutic claims.
On February 2, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 15 bottles of Dunlap's 
Colic Remedy for Horses and Cattle at Madison, Ark., alleging that it had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about January 21, 1937, by the Morna 
Wright Medicine Co., from Memphis, Tenn., and that it was misbranded in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Analysis of the article showed that it consisted essentially of alcohol (49.5 
percent) and water, with small proportions of ether, ammonia, camphor, ethyl 
nitrite, asafetida, and extracts of plant materials.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements, "Contains 35 Per Cent 
Alcohol", borne on the carton, and "Contains 35% Alcohol", borne on the bottle 
label, were false and misleading. The article was alleged to be misbranded 
further in that the following statements regarding its curative or therapeutic 
effect, borne on the bottle labels and cartons, and contained in a circular 
enclosed in the cartons, falsely and fraudulently represented that it was capable 
of producing the effect claimed in said statements: (Bottle label) "Colic Remedy 
for Horses and Mules * * * Warranted to relieve Colic and acts on the 
Kidneys"; (carton) "Colic Remedy for Horses and Mules * * * You can 
recommend our Colic Remedy to your customers with our assurance that it will 
give satisfaction. * * * Our Colic Remedy is warranted to give satisfaction. 
Ask any one who has tried it. In severe cases it is sometimes necessary to give 
the second or third dose"; (circular) "Dunlap's Colic Remedy was not devised 
to be sold on the basis of cheapness, but with the sole idea of producing the very 
best general colic remedy that possibly could be made. * * * Good Reasons 
for Using Dunlap's Colic Remedy: 1. Because it usually acts direct on the 
Kidneys and Bowels in 15 to 30 minutes, and as a rule relieves Gravel. 2. Be- 
cause it will strengthen the digestive organs and give the animal a good 
appetite."
On March 16, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
HARBY L. BROWN, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.