745. Misbranding: of Lapp's Poultry Blocketts.   17. S. v. 10 Cases of Lapp's Poultry
Blocketts.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No.
6987.   Sample No. 68914-E.)
On March 9, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas filed a
libel against 10 cases, each containing 12 cartons, of Lapp's Poultry Blocketts at
Topeka, Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce
on or about February 1,1942, by the Lapp Laboratories, Inc., from Nevada, Iowa;
and charging that it was misbranded.
Analysis showed that the article consisted of a mixture of tobacco stems,
molasses residue, sodium bicarbonate, and siliceous material.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements in the labeling
which represented and suggested that it was of value in improving production,
quality of eggs, and fertility of poultry; was of value in the prevention of intes-
tinal parasites, coccidiosis, simple diarrhea, anemia, and some forms of worms in
poultry; and that it was a real poultry regulator, were false and misleading since
it would not be of value for such purposes and it was not a poultry regulator.
On April 13, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.