2188. Misbranding of General Hog Liquid.    V. S. v. General Veterinary Labora
tory, Lyman H. Thomas, and G. Coe Buchanan.   Pleas of guilty.    Fines,
$250 against laboratory and $50 against each individual.    (F. D. C. No.
20108.   Sample Nos. 18252-H, 19148-H.)
INFORMATION FILED : July 18, 1946, District of Nebraska, against the General
Veterinary Laboratory, a corporation, Omaha, Nebr., Lyman H. Thomas, presi-
dent, and C. Coe Buchanan, secretary-treasurer of the corporation.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 31,1945, from the State of Nebraska into
the State of Iowa.
PRODUCT: Analysis disclosed that the product consisted essentially of water
containing in each 100 cc. 5.0 grams of sodium hydroxide, 4.1 grams of sodium
carbonate, 2.4 grams of copper sulfate, 1.4 grams of calcium phosphate, 0.02
gram of potassium iodide, 0.6 cc. of oil of Chenopodium, and arsenic, creosote,
and a minute amount of strychnine.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements on the
label of the article and certain statements and designs in a circular entitled
"Your Pigs Are in Danger," enclosed with the article, were false and misleading
since they represented and suggested that the article would be efficacious in
the cure, mitigation, treatment, and prevention of necro, flu, swine plague, mixed
infection, wormy conditions, and similar conditions among hogs, indicated by
the abbrevation "etc."; that it would prevent pigs from becoming anemic and
unthrifty; that it was a 10-ingredient medicine for hog diseases generally; that
it would prevent sickness getting a start among hogs; that it would fight sick-
ness, set-backs, and runtiness; that it would prevent losses among hogs and
would enable hog raisers to make bigger profits; and that it would "keep the
pigs coming along fast every day." The article would not be efficacious for
the purposes represented, and it was not a 10-ingredient medicine for hog
diseases generally.
DISPOSITION: May 28,1947. Pleas-of guilty having been entered, the court im-
posed fines of $250 against the laboratory and $50 against each individual.