201. Adulteration of Lashglo eyelash dye.   U. S. v. Captivante Laboratories,
Inc., and Paul Thomas.   Pleas of guilty.   Fine of $100 against corpora- 
tion and $300 against individual.    (F. D. C. No. 34860.    Sample Nos. 
4106-L, 8028-L, 35940-L, 37650-L, 44316-L.) 
INFORMATION FILED :    September 14, 1953,  Southern District of New York,
against Captivante Laboratories, Inc., New York, N. Y., and Paul Thomas,
president of the corporation.
ALLEGED VIOLATION : On or about January 25,1953, the defendants caused to be 
delivered to a firm at New York, N. Y., an invoice containing a guaranty that 
the merchandise listed on the invoice had been produced in full compliance 
with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This in- 
voice related to a shipment of Lashglo eyelash dye, which shipment had been 
made by the defendant to the holder of the guaranty. The guaranty con- 
tained in the invoice was alleged to be false in that the product to which it 
related was adulterated at the time the product was delivered to the holder 
of the guaranty.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 601 (e), the article was not a hair 
dye, and it contained a coal-tar color, namely, Nigrosine (C. I. No. 864), which 
had not been listed for use in cosmetics in accordance with the regulations 
and was other than one from a batch that had been certified.
DISPOSITION: September 14, 1953. The defendants having entered pleas of 
guilty, the court fined the corporation $100 and the individual $300.
COSMETIC ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF FALSE AND MISLEADING
CLAIMS