19354. Misbranding of Doz-It.     U.   S.  v.  357  Sacks  of Doz-It.     Default   de¬
cree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,  and   destruction.     <F.   &  D.   No.
26482.    I. S. No. 25648.    S. No. 4773.)
Examination of the drug product Doz-It from the shipment herein described 
showed that the labeling bore unwarranted curative and therapeutic claims 
for the article; certain ingredients declared on the label were present in very 
small amounts; the article was also found to contain less protein and fat than 
labeled.
On or about June 12, 1931, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Michigan, 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 357 sacks of Doz-It at Greenleaf, Mich., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the Farmers Medicated Stock 
Salt Co., from Mifflinburg, Pa., on or about December 17. 1929, and had been 
transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of Michigan, 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 (94.5 per cent), charcoal, small propor- 
tions of compounds of calcium, magnesium, and iron, protein (0.05 per cent), 
and fat (0.12 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 
(Sulphate of Magnesia), Copperas (Sulphate of Iron)," on the bag label, were 
false and misleading in view of the insignificant portion of ingredients other 
than charcoal and salt. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that 
the statement on the label, " Protein 0.56 Fat 0.19," was false and misleading. 
Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the following statements 
appearing in a circular within the bag containing the article, regarding the 
curative or therapeutic effects of the said article, were false and fraudulent: 
" Purifies the blood and tones up the system. It will expel 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 July 8, 1931, 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.
ABTHTJH M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.