7677. Misbranding of Pratts Hog Cholera Specific.     TJ. S. v. 6 Pails    *    *    *
of Pratts Hogr Cholera Specific. Defaialt decree o? condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 9674. I. S. No. 5711-r. S. No. 
C-1049.)
On February 5, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Indiana, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation 
of 6 pails, each containing 12 pounds of a product, labeled in part " Pratts Hog 
Cholera SpecLnc," remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Logans- 
port, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about August 31, 
1918, by the Pratt Food Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., from its branch office at Chi- 
cago, Ill., and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Indiana, 
and charging misbranding under the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The 
article was labeled in part, " Blood purifier Hog Cholera is never known when 
Pratts Hog Cholera Specific is used. It is a positive preventative and unless the 
hog is in the last stages of the disease if properly used, it will positively cure 
it_ * * * jpor disease In case of any disease among the hogs follow same 
directions as given for Hog Cholera as Pratts Hog Cholera Specific is a sure 
remedy for Thumps, Diphtheria, Scours, Catarrh, Rheumatism, Apoplexy."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it consisted essentially of fenugreek, charcoal, sulphur, 
sodium chlorid, and unidentified plant material.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the foregoing statements, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of 
the product, were false and fraudulent in that the article contained no ingredi- 
ent or combination of ingredients capable of producing the therapeutic effects 
claimed.
On January 2, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, a default 
decree of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.