7290. Misbranding of Kid-A-Womi. V. S. * * * v. Wheelock Rid-A- 
Worm   Co.,   a   corporation.   Plea   of   guilty.   Fine,   $25   and   costs.
(F. & D. No.  10297.     I.  S.  No.  8962-p.)
On September 17, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
the Wheelock R-id-A-Worm Co., a corporation, Sioux City, Iowa, alleging 
shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, 
on or about January 17, 1918, from the State of Iowa into the State of Nebraska, 
of a quantity of an article, labeled " Rid-A-Worm," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it consisted essentially of water, charcoal, iron sulphate, 
sodium sulphate, sulphur, and a small amount of asafoetida.
It was alleged in substance in the information that the article was mis- 
branded for the reason that the statements, to wit, " The Great Worm Destroyer 
* * * It will rid your hogs of stomach and intestinal worms, The Great 
Hog Conditioner," regarding the article, appearing on the labels of the jugs 
containing the article, represented that the article was in whole or in part 
composed of, or contained, ingredients or medicinal agents effective, among other 
things, to prevent hog cholera, when, in truth and in fact, it did not contain 
ingredients or medicinal agents, effective among other things, to prevent hog 
cholera.
On October 21, 1919, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the 
information, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
C. F. MAKVIN, Acting Secretary of Agricult-ure.