27558. Misbranding of Duray.     U.  S. v. 22 Cartons and 14 Packages of Duray.
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. Nos. 39338. 
39386.    Sample Nos. 31097-C, 32835-C.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent representations re- 
garding its curative and therapeutic effects.
On April 6, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, acting 
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of 22 cartons of Duray at Portland, Oreg., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in.interstate commerce on or about 
December 24, 1936, and February 25, 1937, by the Duray Laboratories, Inc., 
from Seattle, Wash. On April 20, 1937, a libel was filed against 14 packages 
of Duray at Denver, Colo., which had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
July 2, 1936, by Strang & Prosser from Seattle, Wash. The libels charged that 
the article was misbranded in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended. 
The article was labeled in part: "Duray * * * Made in the U. S. A. by 
Duray Laboratories, Inc.,  Seattle, Washington."
Analysis of a sample showed that it consisted essentially of borax with 
small amounts of boric acid, phenol, menthol, and a blue pigment.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the bottle label and an 
accompanying leaflet bore false and fraudulent representations reparding its 
effectiveness in the treatment of female disorders, ammenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, 
and leucorrhea; and its effectiveness for feminine hygiene, to destroy germs, as 
an aid to the menopause, and as a reliable safeguard for personal cleanliness.
On May 18 and June 16, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
"HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.