SO. Misbranding of Lead Nipple Shields. V. S. v. 10 Boxes of Wansbrough's
Pure Lead Nipple Shields (and 6 other seizure actions against the same
product).     Default  decrees  of  condemnation  and destruction.     (F.  D.   C.
Nos. 133, 145, 152, 154, 155, 161, 181.    Sample Nos. 18968-D, 31141-D, 42159-D,
45754-D, 48236-D, 53034-D, 58935-D.)
Between January 25 and February 25, 1939, the United States attorneys for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Southern District of California, Northern
District of Illinois, District of Minnesota, Southern District of Ohio, Eastern
District of Missouri, and District of Colorado filed libels against a total of 128
boxes of Wansbrough's Pure Lead Nipple Shields in various lots at Philadelphia,
Pa., Los Angeles, Calif., Chicago, 111., Minneapolis, Minn., Springfield, Ohio,
St. Louis, Mo., and Denver, Colo.; alleging that the article had been shipped
in interstate commerce within the period from on or about November 19, 1938,
to on or about January 24, 1939, by American Medical Specialties Co., Inc., from
New York, N. Y.; and charging that it was misbranded.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that it was dangerous to health
when used in the dosage or with the frequency prescribed, recommended, or
suggested in the labeling in which it was recommended for the prevention and
cure of sore nipples, particularly in view of the failure of the labeling to reveal
facts material in the light of such representations, or material with respect to
consequences which might result from the use of the article to which the labeling
relates under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling thereof, or under
such conditions of use as are customary or usual, and because of failure of the
labeling to reveal the material fact that fatal lead poisoning might result in
infants fed from breasts of mothers using the appliance.
Between February 15 and April 27, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judg-
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.