3840. Misbranding of U. S. Stock Food Tonic, U. S. Pheno-Min-Ton, U. S. Poultry Food Tonic, U. S. Poultry Worm Powder, and U. S. Stock Compound. U. S. v. United States Food Co. and Edgar Archer. Pleas of guilty. Joint fine of $350 imposed. (F. D. C. No. 31305. Sample Nos. 7214S-K, 84977-K, 9319-L, 9325-L, 9330-L, 10759-L, 10760-L.) INFORMATION FILED: March 13, 1952, Southern District of Ohio, against the United States Food Co., a partnership, Cambridge, Ohio, and Edgar Archer, a partner. ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Within the period from on or about November 1, 1949, to on or about October 17,1950, from the State of Ohio into the State of Indiana. LABEL, IN PABT : "U. S. Stock Food Tonic * * * Guaranteed Analysis Cal- cium (Ca), not less than 12.00? Phosphorus (P), not less than 2.00- Salt (NaCl), not more than 19.65? Iodine (I), not less than 0.02? Ingredi- ents : Quassia, Ginger, Gentian Root, Blood Root, American Wormseed, Epsom Salt, Sulphur, Charcoal, Salt, Flaxseed and Ground Grain Screenings Meal 7.4?, Calcium Carbonate from Powdered Limestone, Soft Phosphate with Col- loidal Clay, Steamed Bone Meal, Rock Phosphate, Sulphate of Iron, Foenu- greek, Manganese Sulphate 0.03?,.Potassium Iodide and Irradiated Dry Yeast," "U. S. Pheno-Min-Ton A Special Mineral-Vegetable Powder for Sheep Com- posed of Phenothiazine, U. S. Stock Food Tonic, and Salt," "U. S. Poultry Food Tonic * * * Guaranteed Analysis Calcium (Ca), not less than 15.00? Phosphorus (P), not less than 1.55? Salt (NaCl), not more than 10.00? Iodine (I), not less than 0.02? Ingredients: Quassia, Ginger, Iron Oxide, Sulphur, Calcium Carbonate from Powdered Limestone, Salt, Sulphate of Iron, Flaxseed and Ground Grain Screenings Meal 17.5?, Soft Phosphate with Colloidal Clay, Steamed Bone Meal, Rock Phosphate, Epsom Salt, Foenugreek, Manganese Sulphate 0.03? and Potassium Iodide," "U. S. Poultry Worm Powder * * * Powdered Areca Nut, American Wormseed, Iron Sulphate, Quassia, Sulphur, Epsom Salts, Tobacco Powdered," and "U. S. Stock Compound A Mineral-Vegetable Compound." Accompanying one shipment of the U. 8. Stock Food Tonic was additional labeling entitled "Words of Praise From Users," "Prize Winners at the Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky State Fairs," "Special Directions. How to Feed the U. S. Preparations," "Why U. S. Stock Food Tonic Gives Stockmen So Much More Weight in Service and Profit Than Powders Containing Minerals Only," and "How to Feed U. S. Stock Tonic To All Livestock." Accompanying the other shipment of the U. 8. Stock Food Tonic was additional labeling entitled "U. S. Helps Make Grand Champion" and "How to Feed U. S. Stock Tonic To All Livestock." Accompanying the U. S. Pheno-Min-Ton was additional labeling entitled "Co-operate With Nature and Succeed With Sheep." Accompanying the U. 8. Poultry Food Tonic was additional labeling entitled "Directions for Feeding U. S. Poultry Food Tonic." Accompanying the V. 8. Stock Compound was additional labeling entitled "Special Directions. How to Feed the U. S. Preparations," "How to Feed TL S. Stock Tonic To All Livestock," "Feed U. S. and Get Your Hogs to Market Sooner," "Representatives of Two Kingdoms," "Prize Winners at the Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky State Fairs," "Why U. S. Stock Food Tonic Gives Stockmen So Much More * * *," "Some of the Fine Hereford Cows and Calves on the United States Stock Food Farm," "For Scours in Calves," "How Much Pork Should a Bushel of Corn Produce?" "U. S. Helps Make Grand- Champion," "Symptoms of 'Necrotic Enteritis' or Rot Gut," "Words of Praise From Users," and "The Danger of Worms, and the Dangers Caused by Improper Treatment of Worms." NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements in the labeling of the articles were false and misleading. These statements repre- sented and suggested that: The U. 8. Stock Food Tonic (1 shipment) would remove all worms from livestock, prevent worm infestation, and control worms in livestock, would keep animals healthy and restore them to.a normal healthy condition regard- less of condition before using, would be effective in the prevention and treat- ment of bloat in cattle, in the treatment of bowel trouble in hogs and scours- in calves, and in the prevention of necro in swine, would cause noneating cows- to eat, (remaining shipment) would remove worms from swine, would control worms in swine, and keep swine free from worms, would keep hogs in perfect condition, would remove and control stomach worms in sheep, and would prevent scours in calves. The U. 8. Pheno-Min-Ton would effectively fight and control all species of worms in sheep, would promote better health in sheep, would save feed, would restore sheep to a normal healthy condition, and would build blood and build up the system in sheep. The U. 8. Poultry Food Tonic would cause hens to lay more eggs, would keep poultry in a healthy condition, and would prevent diseases of fowls, such as- cholera and roup. The U. 8. Poultry Worm Powder would be effective against all species of worms in poultry. The U. S. Stock Compound would remove all worms from livestock, prevent worm infestation and control worms in livestock, would restore animals to a normal healthy condition regardless of condition before using, would prevent and treat bloat in cattle, would be an effective treatment for bowel trouble in hogs, scours in calves and pigs, and swine flu, would cause noneating cows to- eat, would prevent necro in swine, was an intestinal antiseptic, was a useful medicine for ephemeral fevers, was an effective treatment for jaundice caused by inflammation of the liver, gallstones, weakening diseases such as influenza or distemper, liver abscesses, and any disorder of the liver, was beneficial for respiratory diseases characterized by difficult breathing and accompanied by a wheezing sound, was beneficial for coughs, was a febrifuge and alterative, would cool the blood, was valuable in influenza, pneumonia, and most febrile inflammatory disorders, was a diaphoretic and resolvent, was a blood purifier, would strengthen the stomach, was a tonic and astringent, was of value in- cases of weakness, want of condition, looseness of the bowels, swelling of the legs, body, sheath, and breast, would improve and add richness to the blood and give tonicity and health to the fibrous, serous tissue, would restore and prevent effusions in pleuropneumonia; of cattle, was of value where the power of life is low and. depressed, and was an effective treatment for red water in cattle, bleeding internally in all animals, dysentery, purpura, scarlatina, and debilitating diseases generally. The articles would not be effective for the purposes represented and suggested. f \ DISPOSITION : April 8, 1952. Pleas of guilty having been entered, the court ^- imposed a fine of $350 against the defendants jointly. INDEX TO NOTICES OF JUDGMENT D. D. N. J. NOS. 3821 TO 3840 PRODUCTS N. J. No. Adhesive bandages 3834, 3835 Alpha Formula 3837 Amphetamine, dextro-, sulfate tablets 3822-3824, 3826 Androgenic substances 3821- 3825,3832 Bandages, adhesive 3834, 3835 Beastol Drawing Salve, Beatsol Earache Liquid, and Beatsol Rectifiers 3829 ?Clinical thermometers 3836 Devices 3836 Dextroamphetamine sulfate tab- lets 3822-3824, 3826 Drawing Salve, Beatsol? 3829 Earache Liquid, Beatsol? 3829 Estrogenic substances?3830,3831 Poley Quit-Its throat lozenges___ 3839 Livocomp capsules 3833 Lozenges, throat 3839 Male hormone tablets?3821,3832 Methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets 3822 JMethyltestosterone tablets,- 3822-3825 Phenobarbital tablets?3822, 3824 and mannitol hexanitrate tab- lets 3823 N.?J. No. Phenobarbital tablets-Continued and thiamine, elixir?3823,3824 Pheno-Min-Ton, U. S__ ?3840 Physiological salt tablets, Tone-?3837 Poultry Food Tonic, U. S., and U. S. Poultry Worm Powder.?3840 Premarin tablets, imitation??3830 Rectifiers, Beatsol ?3829 Salt tablets, physiological??3837 Seconal Sodium capsules?3826-3828 Somaca ?3838 Stilbestrol tablets ?3831 Stock Compound, U. S., and U. S. Stock Food Tonic ?3840 Sulfadiazine tablets ?3826 Sulfonamides Triplex tablets??3825 Thermometers, clinical ?3836 Thyroid tablets ?3823 Tone physiological salt tablets??3837 U. S. Pheno-Min-Ton, U. S. Poul- try Food Tonic, U. S. Poultry Worm Powder, U. S. Stock Compound, and U. S. Stock Food Tonic ?3840 Ulcers, remedy for ?3838 Veterinary preparations ?3840 SHIPPERS, MANUFACTURERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS N. J. No. Archer, Edgar: U. S. Stock Food Tonic, U. S. Pheno-Min-Ton, U. S. Poultry Food Tonic, U. S. Poultry Worm Powder, and U. S. Stock Compound 3840