3638. Misbranding of Vaporette device.   U. S. v. 26 Devices, etc   (F. D. C. No.
29009.   Sample No. 60052-K.)
LIBEL FILED:   April 6, 1950, Northern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about January 9, 1950, by M. F. Robertson Sons,
Inc., from Lansdowne, Pa.
PRODUCT: 26 Vaporette devices at Chicago, 111., together with a number of
circulars entitled "Less Germs Less Colds with the Vaporette Glycol Vaporizer"
and "Less Germs Fewer Colds."
Examination showed that the article was an electrically operated device
for vaporizing glycols.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements in the
circulars accompanying the device were misleading since the statements repre-
sented and suggested and created the impression that by vaporizing glycol
the device would prevent the spread of communicable diseases, whereas the
vapors of glycol produced by the device were not effective to prevent the spread
of communicable diseases.
DISPOSITION": November 29, 1951. Claimants for the devices having filed
their appearance and answer, which were later withdrawn, judgment of
condemnation was entered and the court ordered that the devices be
destroyed.
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