27574. Misbranding of Geno Tablets.     U. S. v. 81 Boxes of Geno Tablets.     De¬
fault decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 39595. 
Sample Nos. 14589-C, 14590-C.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent curative and thera- 
peutic claims.
On May 14, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed In the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 81 boxes of Geno 
Tablets at Kentland, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about December 26, 1936, by the Geno Remedy Co., from 
Monticello, Ill., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act as amended.
Analysis showed that the article consisted essentially of zinc, calcium, and 
sodium phenolsulphonates, copper arsenite, sodium bicarbonate, boric acid, and 
lactose.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements regarding 
its curative or therapeutic effects, appearing in the labeling, were false and 
fraudulent: "For treatment of Bowel Trouble in Chicks and intestinal disorders 
in all ages of Poultry. * * * Can be used in drinking water, milk or as an 
individual treatment. * * * For chicks that already have bowel disorders, 
use six tablets per gallon for a five day period, then back to three tablets. 
* * * Birds with intestinal disease of any kind, such as coccidiosis or 
typhoid cholera, use eight tablets per gallon water (write for special in- 
structions on these diseases). For individual treatment dissolve four enab- 
les in a cup of water and give two teaspoonfuls three times a day."
On June 28, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY LI. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.