16071. Misbranding' of Bowman's abortion remedy. V. Sv y. 7 Boxes of 
Bowman's Abortion Remedy. Default decree of destruction en- 
tered.     (F. & D. No. 20141.     I. S. No. 23S91-V.     S. No. C-4751.)
On June 20, 1925, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 7 boxes of Bowman's abortion remedy, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Sedalia, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Erick Bowman Remedy Co., from Owatonna, Minn., on or about 
June 5, 1925, and had been transported from the State of Minnesota into the 
State of Missouri, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and 
drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of brown sugar and a ground wheat product, with a small 
amount of phenolic body and possible traces of compounds of calcium and 
sulphur.
The article was labeled in part: (Inside of flap of carton) "Bowman's Abor- 
tion Remedy. This package contains one 9%-pound treatment of Bowman's 
Abortion Remedy.    Read the directions carefully before administering."
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the labels on the said boxes, 
packages, or cartons regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the ar- 
ticle contained therein were false and fraudulent in that the said article con- 
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the 
curative and therapeutic effects claimed for it in the aforesaid statements.
On October 21, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
was entered finding the product misbranded and ordering that it be destroyed 
by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.