6206. "Thermassage" chair.    (F.D.C. No. 44423.    S. No. 11-713 R.)
QUANTITY:    24 chairs at Chicago, 111., in possession of the Oxford Chair Co.
SHIPPED :    3-14-60, from Los Angeles, Calif.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : Examination showed that the article was an ad-
justable, upholstered, reclining chair, containing an electric heating element
and a vibrator unit. On the right arm of the chair was a control panel for
adjusting the degree of heat and degree of vibration.
LIBELED :   4-4-60, N. Dist. 111.
CHARGE: 502(f) (1)-the labeling of the article, while held for sale, failed to
bear adequate directions for use in overcoming or preventing arthritis, cancer,
heart attacks, strokes, kidney conditions, varicose veins, and liver conditions
which were the purposes and conditions for which the dealer orally offered
the article.
DISPOSITION : 5-4-60. Consent-claimed by Oxford Furniture Distributing Co.,
Los Angeles, Calif., and relabeled. The decree provided, among other things,
that no words, statement, or information required by the Act should be made
in labeling or otherwise, except as it appeared in a leaflet entitled "The Oxford
Thermassage Chair" which was attached to the decree and made a part thereof.