10350.?Misbranding  of Capitol hog remedy.     V.  S.     *     *     *      v. 29  Cartons
of Capitol Hog Remedy. I>efault decree of condemnation, forfei??
ture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 12619. I. S. No. 171-r. S. No.?
EK2102.)
On April 29, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
North Carolina, 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 condemnation of 29 cartons of Capitol hog remedy, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Aberdeen, N. C, consigned by the Capitol Food Co.,?
Tiffin, Ohio, June 30, 1919, alleging that the article had been shipped from Tiffin,?
Ohio, and transported from the State of Ohio into the State of North Carolina,?
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted of charcoal, powdered vegetable material, in??
cluding nux vomica and wormseed, iron sulphate, magnesium sulphate, sodium?
carbonate, and sodium chlorid.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the carton containing the said article bore the following statements re??
garding the curative or therapeut'c effects thereof, " Capitol Hog Remedy?
* * * A Superior * * * Remedy For Swine. Recommended for Hog?
Cholera, Scrofula, Inflammatory and all Contag ous Diseases peculiar to swine;?
purities the blood; * s * an invaluable remedy for Hog Cholera, Scrofula,?
Inflammatory conditions and all contagious diseases peculiar to Swine * * *,"?
which were false and fraudulent in that the said article would not produce the?
curative or therapeutic effects which purchasers were led to expect by the said?
statements, and which were applied to the article with a knowledge of their?
falsity for the purpose of defrauding purchasers thereof.
On October 28, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.