27891. Misbranding of  fox vermifuge.     J.  S.   v.  One  lo-Pound Drum of Fox
Vermifuge.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D.
No. 40006.    Sample No. 19919-C.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent representations regard- 
ing its curative or therapeutic effects.
On July 22, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of one 100-pound drum 
of fox vermifuge at Madison, Wis., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about October 2, 1936, by Scientific Foods, Inc., from 
Perry, Iowa, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act 
as amended.
Analysis showed that the article consisted essentially of plant material 
including American wormseed, sulphur, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, salt, and 
a small amount of silica.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the drum label and a circular shipped 
with it contained false and fraudulent representatives regarding its effectiveness 
in the treatment of worms in foxes.
On September 9,1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.