84. Misbranding  of lead   nipple  shields.     V.  S.  v.   1,027 Pairs  of Lead  Nipple
Shields (and one other seizure action against the same product). Default
decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 141, 146, 147.
Sample Nos. 45750-D, 45751-D, 53391-D.)
On January 27 and February 6, 1939, the United States attorneys for the
Eastern District of Missouri and the Northern District of Illinois filed libels
against 1,027 pairs of lead nipple shields at St. Louis, Mo., and 281 pairs of
the same product at Chicago, 111.; alleging that the article had been shipped
in interstate commerce by the Gem Surgical Products Co., Inc., from New
York, N. Y., within the period from on or about September 29 to on or about
December 20, 1938; and charging that it was misbranded.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that it was dangerous to health
when used as suggested in the labeling, in which the device was designated
as a nipple shield.
On March 16 and 17, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgments of con-
demnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
VAPORIZING DEVICES
Nos. 35 to 40, Inclusive, of this publication report the seizure and disposition
of vaporizing devices which were similar in general structure and identical in
purpose. The device consisted of a small chamber (containing a wick or absorb-
ent pad) of such size and shape as to permit its fitting into the nostril to
which was attached a rubber tube fitted with a mouthpiece. An accessory
medicament was supplied or could be obtained separately. The wick or pad
was saturated with the medicament, which was vaporized by the user's blowing
into the mouthpiece and forcing the vapor into the nasal passages.