4080. Misbranding  of  Fresh'nd-Aire  humidifier.    U.  S.  v.  26   Devices,  etc
(F. D. G. No. 34442.   Sample No. 54460-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   December 17, 1952, Eastern District of Wisconsin.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about October 22 and 30, 1952, by the Fresh'nd-Aire
Co., Division of Cory Corp., from Chicago, 111.
PBODTJCT: 26 Fresh'nd-Aire humidifiers at Milwaukee, Wis., together with a
number of leaflets entitled "How It Works" and "The Exciting New Fresh'nd-
Aire Humidifier!"
The humidifier consisted of a tank which would hold 6 quarts of water and
contained a fan which when plugged into the house electric line, would force
air from the room to pass through a moistened filter pad. A small pump was
incorporated in the device to circulate water over the filter pad and thus
keep it moist.
LABEL, IN PAST: (Device) "Fresh'nd-Aire Humidifier Model 700 * * * 60
Cycles 30 Watts"; (tag) "America's Newest Health Appliance Fresh'nd-
Aire."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements in the
above-mentioned leaflets which accompanied the devices were false and mis-
leading. The statements represented and suggested that the device would
provide an adequate and effective treatment for preventing coughs, colds,
dry, cracked skin, respiratory ailments, stopped-up nose, difficult breathing,
dry, drawn skin, hay fever, and asthma, whereas the device would not pro-
vide an adequate and effective treatment for preventing such conditions.
DISPOSITION:   May 19, 1953.   The Fresh'nd-Aire Co., Division of Cory Corp.,
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the court ordered that the devices be released under bond
to be brought into compliance with the law, under the supervision of the
"*    Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.   The devices were relabeled.
INDEX TO NOTICES OF JUDGMENT D. D. N. J. NOS. 4061 TO 4080
PRODUCTS
N. J. No.
Alcohol, isopropyl, rubbing com-
pound
   4074
Alfalfa concentrate capsules?   4072
Amphetamine,   dextro-,   sulfate
tablets
4061, 4063-4068
Androgenic substances
   4066
Antuls tablets
   4071
Arthritis,   remedies   for.     See
Rheumatism, remedies for.
Bursitis,    remedies    for.      See
Rheumatism, remedies for.
C-Tone
    4073
Cancer, remedy for
   4070
Clinical   thermometers
   4075
Conjugated estrogen tablets?   4065
Cordial  Matisura
    4069
N. J. No.
Devices
4075, 4080
Dextroamphetamine sulfate tab-
lets
4061, 4063-^068
Diethylstilbestrol tablets??__   4067
Duodex capsules
*4076
Estrogen tablets, conjugated?   4065
Estrogenic substances?4065, 4067
Fosfarsinol
   4069
Fresh'nd-Aire humidifier?   4080
Gout, remedies for.    See Rheu-
matism, remedies for.
Humidifier,   Fresh'nd-Aire?   4080
Isopropyl alcohol rubbing com-
pound
.?   4074
Lozenges  of  Sulfonamets  with
Topicaine
   4068
1 (4076)   Seizure contested.