21207. Misbranding of Oculum.    V. S. v. The Hancock Inoculatum Co., Inc.
Plea  of nolo  contendere.     Fine, $10.     (F.  & D. no.  28162.     I.  S. no.
47613.)
Examination of the drug preparation Oculum disclosed that it contained no 
ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing certain curative 
and therapeutic effects claimed on the bottle and carton labels and, in a 
circular shipped with the article.
On March 22, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court an information against the Hancock Inoculatum Co., Inc., Salem, 
Va., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
as amended, on or about March 28, 1931, from the State of Virginia into the 
State of Indiana, of a quantity of Oculum which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this Department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of turpentine colored with a yellow dye.
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
certain statements, designs, and devices appearing on the bottle and carton 
labels and in a circular shipped with the article, falsely and fraudulently repre- 
sented that it was effective as a germicide for fowls and animals, as a pre- 
ventive of disease, and as a treatment for sickness, in fowls and animals; effec- 
tive as a germicide and tonic for poultry; effective as a remedy, preventive, and 
relief for cholera, roup, white diarrhea and sorehead, and to relieve gapes in 
poultry; effective to keep chicks and chickens well and to ensure healthy fowls 
and healthy eggs; and effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for sickness in 
animals, and bowel trouble in poultry.
On July 5, 1933, a plea of nolo contendere to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $10.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.