22333. Misbranding of Parker's Stock Powder. V. S. v. Charles Edward 
Parker (Parker Homestead Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, $50 and 
costs.    (F. & D. no. 30250.    I. S. no. 50807.)
Examination of a sample of Parker's Stock Powder showed that the article 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On December 19, 1983, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Charles Edward Parker, trading as the 
Parker Homestead Co., Shenandoah, Iowa, alleging shipment by said de- 
fendant in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended,- on or about 
February 5, 1932, from the State of Iowa into the State of Missouri, of a 
quantity of Parker's Stock Powder which was misbranded.   The article was
-labeled in part: (Sack)  "Parker's Stock Powder,   *   *   *   MSD by C. E. 
Parker Feed Co. Shenandoah, Iowa."
Analysis of a sample of the article by this Department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of sodium sulphate, sodium bicarbonate, sulphur, charcoal, 
and small proportions of chenopodium and sodium thiosulphate.
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
•certain statements, designs, and devices regarding its therapeutic and curative 
effects, appearing in a circular shipped with the article, falsely and fraudu- 
lently represented that it was effective as a wormer; effective to keep hogs 
in good shape; effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for necro or enteritis, 
•worms, white scours or other ailments and hog troubles, hog cholera and as a 
.preventive of hog cholera; effective to help build up vitality and disease resist- 
ance ; effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for hog flu; effective to relieve 
fever and constipation; and effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for 
thumps, bull nose— necrotic rhinitis-paralysis of the hind quarters and rickets, 
and for colic in horses.
On February 14, 1934, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court 
imposed a fine of $100 and costs. The fine was subsequently reduced to $50 
;and costs.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.