25842. Misbranding of Gowans Preparation.    U. S. v. 82 Jars of Gowans Prepa¬
ration.    Default decree of condemnation,  forfeiture, and destruction.
(F. & D. no. 36683.    Sample no. 48633-B.)
False and fraudulent therapeutic and curative claims were made for this 
article.
On November 30, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
South Carolina, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 82 jars of Gowans 
Preparation at Charleston, S. C, alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about October 18, 1935, by the Gowan Chemical Co., 
from Baltimore, Md., into the State of South Carolina, and charging misbrand- 
ing in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis of the article showed that it consisted essentially of volatile oils 
(32 milliliters per 100 grams) including methyl salicylate, camphor, eucalyptol, 
menthol, and turpentine oil, and phenol, incorporated in a fat such as lard.
Misbranding of the article was charged under the allegations that there 
appeared upon and within the package the statements regarding the curative 
or therapeutic effect of the article, "Pleurisy, Spasmodic Croup, * * * 
Coughs, Congestion and Inflammation * * * Pneumonia, * * * etc.", 
and that the aforesaid statements were false and fraudulent.
On January 27, 1936, no claimant having appeared, a default decree of con- 
demnation and destruction was entered.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.