651. Misbranding- of moleskin  adhesive plaster.     IT.  S.  v.  23  Dozen  and  22%
Dozen Packages of Moleskin Adhesive Plaster. Consent decree of condem-
nation. Product ordered delivered to a local Hospital. (F. D. C. No. 2477.
Sample Nos. 33712-E to 33716-E, incl.)
Th3se plasters were contained in packages that were much larger than was
necessary. At least twice the length of plaster could easily have been placed
in the containers.-
On August 5, 1940, the United States attorney for the Southern District of
New York filed a libel against 45 y2 dozen retail packages of Moleskin plasters
at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate
commerce within the period from on or about January 19 to on or about March
1, 1940, by Bauer & Black Division of the Kendall Company from Chicago, 111.;
and charging that it was misbranded. The articles were labeled in part: "Mole-
skin Blue-Jay Zinc Oxide Adhesive 7 Inches x y2 Yard"; or "Adhesive Plaster
Moleskin Zinc Oxide 7 Inches x 1 Yard."
The articles were alleged to be misbranded in that their containers were so
made, formed, or filled as to he misleading.
On October 6, 1941, the Kendall Co., claimant, having filed an amended an-?/
swer admitting the allegations of the libel and consenting to the entry of the
decide, judgment of condemnation was entered and the "product was ordered        (
delivered to a local hospital.
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