29429. Adulteration and misbranding of kamala compound.    U. S. v. 18 Bass of
Kamala Compound, et al. Consent decree of condemnation. Product 
released under bond for relabeling. (F. & D. No. 42455. Sample No. 
15792-D.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent curative and thera- 
peutic claims and false representations regarding its composition.
On June 1, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 29 bags of kamala compound at 
Omaha, Nebr.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about September 10, 1937, from Peoria, III., by Vitamineral 
Products Co.; and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act as amended. The article was labeled in part: "Kamala 
Compound * * * Manufactured by Vitamineral Products Co. Peoria, 
Illinois."
Analysis of a sample of the article showed that It consisted essentially of 
ground plant material including kamala, nicotine, ferrous sulphate, calcium 
carbonate, and castor oil, and that it contained no copper sulphate.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that its strength or purity fell 
below the professed standard under which it was sold, namely, "Ingredients
* *    *   Copper Sulphate," since it contained no copper sulphate. 
Misbranding was alleged in that the following statements In the labeling
falsely and fraudulently represented the curative and therapeutic effects of 
the article: "For the treatment of animals affected with large round worms 
and for the treatment of poultry affected * * * or tape worms * * * 
For Swine * * * For Dairy Cows Beef Cattle—Mix this product at the 
ratio of four to six pounds (according to how badly animals are infested) 
with each 100 pounds of grain, mash or slop   *    *   *   For Horses and Sheep
* * * For Poultry * * * For Dogs, Foxes, Small Animals * * * 
For  small animals convalescing from distemper, malnutrition or any other
run-down condition, and suspected of being infested with large round worms, 
feed one tablespoonful of this product per day until satisfactory results are 
noted. In this Treatment do not look for an expulsion of whole worms. 
Large round worms and tape worms, under this treatment, are generally 
expelled in emaciated form and should appear, in the feces, in the form of small 
particles of skins of the worms."
Misbranding was alleged further in that the statement, "Ingredients, Kamala, 
Nicotine, Powdered Tobacco, Castor Oil, Copper Sulphate, Linseed Oil Meal 
and Dried Yeast," was false and misleading when applied to an article that 
did not contain copper sulphate and did contain ferrous sulphate which was 
not declared; and in that the statement, "* * * allowing the mixture to 
stand at least 12 hours before feeding in order that the yeast may start to 
work," was false and misleading when applied to an article that contained 
no viable yeast cells.
On August 26, 1938, claimants Albert T. Peters and Paul S. Casey, trading 
as Vitamineral Products Co., having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released under 
bond conditioned that it be relabeled.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.