18970. Misbranding of Doz-It.     V. S. v. 300 Bags of Doz-It.     Consent decree 
of condemnation entered.    Product released under bond.    (F. & D.
No. 25390.    I. S. No. 8827.    S. No. 3654.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Doz-It, from the shipment herein 
described showed that certain statements appearing in a circular contained in 
the bag represented that the article possessed curative and therapeutic proper- 
ties which it did not possess. The article contained less protein and fat than 
labeled and only traces of Epsom salts and copperas, two of the declared 
ingredients.
On or about December 6, 1930, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of 300 bags of Doz-It, remaining in the orig- 
inal unbroken packages at Ridgewood, N. Y., consigned by the Farmers Med- 
icated Stock Salt Co., Mifflinburg, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped
from Mifflinburg, Pa., on or about October 25, 1929, and had been transported 
from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of New York, and charging mis- 
branding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it consisted 
essentially of sodium chloride (92.5 per cent), charcoal (5.2 per cent), ferrous 
sulphate (1.65 per cent), magnesium sulphate (0.74 per cent), protein (0.13 per 
cent), and fat (0.02 per cent).
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ments, "This is composed of charcoal, (Car-Bo-Ligin), salt, Epsom salts (sul- 
phate of magnesia) copperas, (sulphate of iron)," on the label of the bag was 
false and misleadiiig in view of the insignificant portion of ingredients other 
than charcoal and salt; and for the further reason that the statements of 
protein 0.56 and fat 0.19 on the said bag were false and misleading. Mis- 
branding was .alleged for the further reason that the following statements re- 
garding the curative and therapeutic effects of the article, appearing in the cir- 
cular contained in. the bag, were false and fraudulent, since the article 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
the effects claimed: "Purifies the blood and tones up the system. It expels 
worms from Hogs, Horses, etc. Prevents abortion, and there will be no 
bloating where it is fed. * * * Hog Cholera; Nothing will,cure cholera, but 
where ' Doz-It' is used there will be no "Cholera."
On January 26, 1931, Henry C. Kenyon, Ridgewood, N. Y., having appeared 
as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be released to the said claimant upon payment of costs and the execu- 
tion of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned in part that it be relabeled 
under the supervision of this department and that it should not be sold or other- 
wise disposed of contrary to the Federal food and drugs act, or the laws of any 
State, Territory, district, or insular possession.
ABTHUB M. HTDE, Secretary of Agriculture.