9386. Misbranding of   Boauette's   Family   Remedy.    V.   S.     *     *     *     v.   15
Bottles     *     *     *     of   Boquette's   Family   Remedy.    Default   decree
of  condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.   14786. 
Inv. No. 27459.     S. No. C-2973.)
On April 15, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con- 
demnation of 15 bottles, more or less, of Boquette's Family Remedy, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at Grand Island, Nebr., alleging that the 
article had been shipped on or about January 20, 1921, by the Boquette Remedy 
Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, and transported from the State of Iowa into the State 
of Nebraska, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food, and Drugs 
Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: " For Chills and Fever, 
external and internal. For Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Heart Trouble, 
* * * Indigestion, Catarrh, Kidney Trouble, Stomach Trouble, Headache, 
Grippe, or Blood Diseases. It is a fine purifier and Nerve Tonic. * * * for 
female trouble and weaknesses * * * Blood Purifier * * * For Chills, 
Fever, Flue, Grip * * * For Mumps * * * For Female Complaints, 
Stomach Trouble, Bladder Troubles, Sore Throat, Kidney Troubles, Nervous 
Prostration, Headaches, Lame Back, Hay Fever—For Goitre * * * Coughs, 
Tuberculosis, Liver, Piles * * * For Rheumatism, Paralysis, Dropsy, In- 
flamed and Swollen Limbs, and for Syphilis * * * Compound of Roots, 
Herbs, Leaves, Barks and Berries."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it consisted essentially of an aqueous solution of Epsom 
salt and potassium nitrate.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for 
the reason that the above-quoted statements regarding its curative and thera- 
peutic effects were false and fraudulent, since the article contained no in- 
gredient or combination thereof capable of producing the effects claimed. Mis- 
branding was alleged for the further reason that the statement, " Compound of 
Roots, Herbs, Leaves, Barks and Berries," appearing on the label, was false 
and misleading.
On May 23, 1921, 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.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.