6702. Misbranding of Eid-a-Worm. U. S. * * * v. 20 Jugs * * * of?
a Product Known as a Worm Destroyer. Default decree of con??
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 9037.    I.  S. No.
8962-p.     S. No. C-894.)
On May 20, 1918, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska,?
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 con??
demnation of 20 jugs, each, containing one gallon of a product known as a?
worm destroyer, at Hartington, Nebr., alleging that the article had been shipped?
on or about January 17, 1918, by the Wheelock Chemical Co., Sioux City, Iowa,?
and transported from the State of Iowa into the State of Nebraska, and charg??
ing misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The?
article was labeled in part, '"The great worm destroyer Rid-a-Worm Prevents?
Hog Cholera."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the?
statement borne on the label, to wit, " Rid-a-Worm Prevents Hog Cholera,"?
was false, fraudulent, and misleading, in that it conveyed the impression to?
purchasers that the article could be used as an effective preventive for hog?
cholera, whereas, in truth and in fact, it could not be so used.
On August 10, 1918, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
J. R. RIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.