SSIO. Misbranding- of McConnou's Stock Tonic. 17. S. * * * v. 6 Pails?
and 19 Cartons of HcCounon'a Stock Tonic. Consent decree of con??
demnation and  forfeiture.     Goods  released  under  bond.     (F.   &  D.
No.  13011.    I. S. No. 232-r.     S. No. E-2411.)
On July 14, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 6 pails and 19 cartons of McConnon's Stock Tonic, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Rome, Ga., alleging that the?
article had been shipped on or about June 19, 1919, and April 10, 1920, by?
McConnon & Co., Memphis, Tenn., and transported from the State of Tennessee?
into the State of Georgia, and charging misbranding under the Food and?
Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: " Horses * * *?
f0r * * * epizooty, influenza * * * hog cholera * * * Feed two?
large tablespoonfuls to each hog or twTo pigs 3 times a day. If diseased feed?
4 to 6 tablespoonfuls to each hog or two pigs 3 times a day * * * ; " (booklet?
accompanying both cartons and pails) " * * * Cattle, Milch Cows and?
Calves * * * Scours. McConnon's Stock Tonic in doses of two or three?
tablespoonfuls three times a day. In very bad cases add a tablespoonful of?
powdered charcoal to the dose of the Tonic and mix with the regular feed?
* * * Hogs, Sows, Pigs and Shoats * * * Scours. Give two or four?
tablespoonfuls of McConnon's Stock Tonic to each pig in small amounts of feed.?
If disease is very bad add one tablespoonful of powdered charcoal to the?
regular dose of Tonic and feed until disease is improved, then use the Tonic?
only. Hog Cholera. * * * Give each hog six large tablespoonfuls Mc??
Connon's Stock Tonic in good, wholesome, easily digested food, such as ground?
feed, rye, oats, etc., mixed with milk or pure water, every three hours until?
cured. Be sure that each hog gets his proper share of the Tonic, otherwise it?
will not act. The dose can be increased if necessary with perfect safety. If?
you have hog cholera on your premises or in your neighborhood feed well?
hogs four tablespoonfuls of McConnon's Stock Tonic three or four times a day?
in regular feed."
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BUREAU   OF   CHEMISTRY.	
[Supplement 107,
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it consisted essentially of salt, charcoal, American?
womiseed, capsicum, gentian, fenugreek, and cereal filler.
Misbranding of tlie article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the?
above-quoted statements, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects thereof,?
appearing on the label and carton, and in the circulars and booklet accom??
panying and enclosed with said cartons and pails, were false and fraudulent in?
that the same were applied to said drug knowingly and in a reckless and?
wanton disregard of their truth or falsity so as to represent .falsely and?
fraudulently to purchasers thereof, and to create in the minds of purchasers?
thereof, the impression and belief that the said product was in whole or in part?
composed of and contained ingredients or medicinal agents effective, among?
other things, as a remedy, a cure, and a preventive of the diseases" named on?
the label and carton, and in the circulars and booklet, and that the said drug?
was not in whole or in part composed of, and did not contain, ingredients or?
medicinal agents effective as a remedy, cure, or preventive of the said diseases?
in horses, swine, and cattle.
On October 21, 1920, McConnon & Co., claimant, having filed an answer ad??
mitting the truth of the allegations of the libel and consenting to a decree, a?
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by?
the court that the product be released to said claimant upon the payment of?
the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, in.?
conformity with section 10 of the. act.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.