4240. Misbranding of Dr. David Roberts veterinary drugs.   U. S. v. 8 Cartons,
etc.    (F. D. C. No. 35304.    Sample Nos. 20645-L to 20650-L, incl.)
LIBEL FILED :    June 16, 1953, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of August 8, 1951, and
March 23, 1953, by Dr. David Roberts Veterinary Co,, from Waukesha, Wis.
PRODUCT : 8 8-ounce cartons of Dr. David Roberts Diuretic, 24 1-pound, 12-
ounce cartons of Dr. David Roberts Special Rx No. 68, 2 14-pound cartons
and 4 cases, each case containing 12 3-pound cartons, of Dr. David Roberts
Herd Iron Tonik for Cows, 8 3-pound cartons of Dr. David Roberts Herd
Iron Tonik for Sheep, 2 3-pound cartons and 24 15-ounce cartons of Dr.
David Roberts Worm Seed Rx No. 89, and 1 12-pound carton of Dr. David
Roberts Poultry Rx No. 62 at Duluth, Minn., together with a number of
booklets entitled "The Practical Home Veterinarian," a leaflet entitled "Take
Good Care of Your Livestock and Your Livestock Will Take Care of You,"
and a price list entitled "Full Line of Veterinary Medicines prepared by Dr.
David Roberts Veterinary Co.," which accompanied the products.
LABEL, IN PART: (Carton) "Dr. David Roberts Diuretic Active Ingredients:
Juniper Berries Anise Licorice Salt Petre Sulphur Inert Ingredients:
Rosin Sugar Bicarbonate of Soda Corn Starch 15?," "Dr. David Roberts
Special RX No. 63 For Livestock At Breeding Time Ingredients: Nux
Vomica (Strychnine ?2 grs. in each ounce)    Carbolic Acid 1.6?   Capsicum
.    Demiana   Wild Mustard Seed    Cantharides   Burdock    Anise    Black Haw
Sulphur   Corn Starch 24?   Locust Beans 32?   Feeding Lime,"    "Dr. David
Roberts Herd Iron Tonik For Cows   Ingredients: Nux Vomica  (strychnine
.25 grains in each ounce), Carbolic Acid 1?, Salol, Potassium Iodide, Iron*
and Copper Sulphate, Colombo Root, Anise, Black Haw, Poke Root, Sulphur,
Epsom Salts, Sodium Bicarbonate, Manganese and Cobalt Sulphate.   Ingre-
dients r Starch,  Phosphorus p.  r.    Cocoa  Shells,  Calcium,  sugar  carbohy-
drates, Malt products and Yeast vitamins B-G, Vitamin 'D' 2500 U. S. P.
Units per ounce," "Dr. David Roberts Herd Iron Tonik For Sheep   Active
Ingredients: Nux Vomica (strychnine .25 grains in each ounce), Carbolic Acid
1?, Potassium Iodide ??, Iron Sulphate, Copper Sulphate ?o?, Gentian,
Anise,  Sulphur,  Black Haw, Poke Root, Epsom Salts,  Sodium Carbonate,
Manganese, Cobalt.   Inert Ingredients: Corn Starch, Bone Meal, Salt, Cocoa
Shells, Locust Beans, Feeding Lime and Dehydrated Grains, Vitamin 'D*
2500 U. S. P.    Units Per Oz.," "Dr. David Roberts Worm Seed Rx No. 89-
For Common Worms in Livestock and Poultry    Ingredients: Worm Seed
(chenopodium) 7?, Quassia, Copper Sulphate 17?, Tobacco Dust (nicotine) r
Sulphate of Iron, * * * Rosin  (comp.), Sulphur, Charcoal, Calcium Carb.r
Yeast Meal," and "Dr. David Roberts Poultry Rx No. 62   Active Ingredients ^
Dry Brewers Yeast    Carbonate of Iron   Capsicum   Quassia   Copperas   To-
bacco   Mineral Oil   Powdered Borax   Toasted Bread (ground)    Inert Ingre-
dients : Salt   Epsom Salts   Ground Alfalfa   Feeding Lime."
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Dr. David Roberts Diuretic.   Misbranding, Section 502
(a), certain statements in the above-mentioned price list and booklets were-
false and misleading.    The statements represented and suggested that the-
article was an adequate and effective treatment for faulty kidney action in,
all animals, red water in cattle, azoturia or paralysis of the hind parts, and-
kidney disease in horses.   The article was not an adequate and effective-
treatment for such conditions.
Dr. David. Roberts Special Rx No. 63.   Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the-
statements on the carton label and in the above-mentioned price list and
booklets were false and misleading.   The statements represented and sug-
gested that the article was an adequate and effective treatment for breeding:
troubles of cows, mares, and sows, slow breeders or failure to conceive in cows,,
slow breeding or failure to conceive in mares, and abortion ("Sows Losing
Pigs") in sows; that it would stimulate breeding in cows, mares, and sows,,
and would act as a tonic and a regulator for the genital organs of livestock.
The article was not an adequate and effective treatment for such conditions,,
and it would not fulfill the promises of benefit stated and implied.
Dr. David Roberts Herd Iron Tonik for Cows.   Misbranding, Section 502:
(a), certain statements on the label of the article and in the above-mentioned-
price list, leaflet, and booklets were false and misleading.   The statements
represented and suggested that the article was an adequate and effective treat-
ment for cows that were not doing well, overworked cows, eye diseases, fistula,.
genital organ disorders, superficial itch and skin diseases, such as eczema
and mange, lump jaw or actinomycosis, and warts of cattle, calf scours in*
nursing calves when administered to the cows, inflammation of the testicles
.of bulls, and sleeping sickness in horses; that it was an adequate and effective
preventive against bloat and ketosis (acetonemia) in cattle; that it would
Testore cattle to a normal, healthy condition regardless of the condition before
fusing, and keep herds of cattle profitable, healthy, and producing at top
-quality; and that it would aid digestion, tone up the system, promote vigor,
huild up the quality of the blood, and restore a normal flow of milk in cows.
"The article was not an adequate and effective treatment or preventive for
such conditions, and it would not fulfill the promises of benefit stated and
implied.
Dr. David Roberts Herd Iron Tortile for Sheep. Misbranding, Section 502
(a), certain statements on the label of the article and in the above-mentioned
price list and booklets were false and misleading. The statements repre-
sented and suggested that the article was an adequate and effective treatment
ior catarrhal fever and colds, indigestion, pregnancy and lambing disease,
loot rot, and lung worms in sheep; and that it would restore nervous, rundown,
?or unthrifty sheep to a normal, healthy condition, and would keep flocks of
sheep profitable. The article was not an adequate and effective treatment
for such conditions, and it would not fulfill the promises of benefit stated and
implied.
Dr. David Roberts Worm Seed Rx No. 89. Misbranding, Section 502 (a),
certain statements on the label of the article and in the above-mentioned price
list and booklets which represented and suggested that the article was an
adequate and effective treatment for removing bots from horses and all species
of worms from livestock and poultry were false and misleading since the
article was not an adequate and effective treatment for such purposes; the
reference on the label to American worm seed (Chenopodium) and tobacco
dust (nicotine) was misleading since it represented and suggested that such
substances were present in such proportions in the article as to be of therapeutic
significance when the article was administered as directed, whereas such was
not the case; and the labeling of the article was misleading since it was
designated on the label by a name which included the name of one of the
ingredients in the article but not all such ingredients even though the names
of all such ingredients were stated elsewhere on the label.
Dr. David Roberts Poultry Rx No. 62. Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain
statements in the above-mentioned price list and booklets were false and mis-
leading. The statements represented and suggested that the article was an
adequate and effective treatment for blackhead in turkeys, bowel trouble
(coccidiosis), crop bound, diarrhea, gapes, leg weakness, and roup in poultry,
and that it would restore poultry to a normal, healthy condition regardless
of the condition before using. The article was not an adequate and effective
treatment for such conditions, and it would not fulfill the promises of benefit
stated and implied.
DISPOSITION :   August 26, 1953.   Default decree of destruction.