2489. Misbranding of reducing and health bath and cream.    V. S. v. Margaret
Sevier   (Dr.  Ferenz   Michel's  Laboratories).    Plea  of  nolo  contendere.
Fine, ?50.     (F. D.  C. No. 24246.     Sample Nos. 66338-H, 66339-H.)
INFORMATION FILED: April 7, 1948, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, against
Margaret Sevier, trading as Dr. Ferenz Michel's Laboratories, Philadelphia,
Pa.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 29,1947, from the State of Pennsylvania
into the State of New Jersey.
PRODUCT: Analysis disclosed that the bath preparation consisted essentially
of epsom salt, with a small amount of a volatile oil resembling pine oil, and
that the cream preparation resembled vanishing cream and possessed an odor
of methyl salicylate.
LABEL, IN PART: "Dr. Ferenz Michel's Reducing & Health Bath [or "Cream"].'*
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the statements "Reducing
& Health Bath A Reducing Aid * * * Reducing Bath * * * Excel-
lent Aid in the relief of Rheumatic and Arthritis Pains," borne on the label
of the bath preparation, and the statement "An Aid For Reducing," borne on
the label of the cream preparation, were false and misleading. The bath
preparation would not be efficacious as a reducing aid and as a health aid, and
it would not be efficacious to furnish relief from rheumatic and arthritic pains;
and the cream preparation would not be efficacious as a reducing aid.
DISPOSITION : June 7, 1948. A plea of nolo contendere having been entered,
the court imposed a fine of $50.