3714. Adulteration and misbranding of Uni-Swabs.  U. S. v. 360 Packages   *   *   *.
(F.D.C. 32866.    Sample No. 10497-L.) 
LIBEL TILED :   March 12,1952, Eastern District of Michigan.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about January 24, 1952, by Steri-Swabs, Inc., from
Hollis, Long Island, N. T.
PRODUCT :   360 packages of Uni-Sioabs at Detroit, Mich.   The product consisted
of pledgets of absorbent cotton on sticks.
LABEL, IN PART:    (Package) "200 Individual Uni-Swabs, Sterile When Packed."
NATURE OF CHARGE:    Adulteration, Section 501 (c), the purity and quality of
the article fell below that which it purported and was represented to possess
since the label declared that the article was sterile when packed, whereas it
was not sterile when packed but was contaminated with living micro-organisms.
Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label statement "Sterile When Packed"
was false and misleading.
DISPOSITION :    April 4, 1952.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
DRUGS AND DEVICES ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF FALSE AND
MISLEADING CLAIMS*