Article: Vet drug salesman sentenced in coverup. (Roger D. Howland)

A salesman of veterinary drugs was recently sentenced to three years probation and fined $1,000 plus a special assessment of $50 for covering up the sale of potent drugs to unauthorized purchasers.

Roger D. Howland, owner of Clear Lake Premix and Veterinary Supply, Clear Lake, Iowa, was sentenced on Aug. 19, 199 1, after pleading guilty on April 29 to one count of falsifying invoices related to the sales of an FDA-regulated product.

The invoices indicated that Howland had sold a vitamin supplement to three Iowa swine farmers, when actually he sold them Mecadox Medicated Premix10 (Carbadox), a drug approved by FDA to help swine digest feed more ...

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