231. Perfume.    (F.D.C. No. 46808.   S. No. 6-880 T.)
QUANTITY : 1,591 ctns., each containing one metallic %-oz. tube with pressure- 
spray cap, at New Bedford, Mass.
SHIPPED :   9-21-61, from New York, N.Y., by L'Argene Products Co., Inc.
LABEL IN PART: (Ctn.) "Touch 'n' Spray perfume 300 Sprays Purse Size 
y2 Oz." and (top of ctn.) "Columbus Spray Perfume   Distr.   % Oz."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION: Examination disclosed that the mandatory infor- 
mation required to appear on the label was incomplete and inconspicuous in that 
the name of the place of business was not shown for the distributor, and 
that the print was so small and blurred that it was difficult to read.
LIBELED :   12-20-61, Dist. Mass.
CHARGE : 602 (b)-when shipped, the label of the article failed to bear the name 
of the place of business of the distributor; and 602(c)-the information re- 
quired to appear on the label under 602(b) (1) and (b) (2), namely, the name 
and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, and an 
accurate statement of the quantity of the contents, was not prominently placed 
on the label with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words and 
f statements on the label) as to render such information likely to be read by 
the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
DISPOSITION : 2-20-62. Default decree providing for destruction or delivery to 
a public institution.
The cases reported herewith were instituted in the United States district 
courts by United States attorneys, acting upon reports submitted by the Depart- 
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare, and include, where indicated, the re- 
sults of investigations by the Department, prior to the institution of the 
proceedings.
Published by direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
GEO. P. IiARKEOK, Commissioner of Food and Drugs. 
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 6,1963.
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Cosmetics actionable because of 
adulteration with uncertified 
coal-tar colors 
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Cosmetics   actionable   because   of
false and misleading claims. _ 158
CONTENTS
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Cosmetics   actionable   because   of 
inconspicuousness of required
label information 
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Index 
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Cosmetics subject to the drug pro- 
visions of the Act 
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693-213-63 
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