17172. Misbranding of Sal-Tonik.     IT. S. v. 91 Blocks of Sal-Tonik.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 23852. I. S- 
No. 04986.    S. No. 1366.)
On December 5, 1928, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas,. 
Acting upon a report by an official of the State of Kansas, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 91 blocks of Sal-Tonik at Morrowville, Kans., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Guarantee Veterinary Co., from Sioux City, 
Iowa, on or about November 24, 1928, and transported from the State of Iowa 
into the State of Kansas, and charging misbranding in violation of the food 
and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of sodium chloride, calcium carbonate, small amounts of 
iron, sodium, and potassium salts, sulphates, carbonates, and a trace of iodides,, 
coated with paraffin.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded 
in that the statement of therapeutic claims, regarding the article, conveyed 
the impression that it would prevent contagious abortion in animals, whereaa 
it would not.
On March 24, 1930, the Guarantee Veterinary Co., Sioux City, Iowa, having 
withdrawn its answer theretofore filed, judgment of condemnation was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.