4982. E-Z thumb guard.    (F. D. C. No. 38970.   S. No. 27-203 M.)
QUANTITY : 11 display cards, each containing 6 E-Z thumb guards, at Phenix
City, Ala.
SHIPPED :   12-5-55, from New York, N. Y., by E-Z Products Co.
ACCOMPANYING LABELING: (Display card and card attached to each thumb
guard)  "E-Z Thumb Guard."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : The device consisted of a piece of metal measuring
approximately 1? inches in length and 1? inches in width, containing a
double row of rectangular perforations and folded so as to form a cylinder and
pliable enough to be pressed snugly around the thumb or finger of a baby.
Attached to the cylinder was a string long enough to be looped between the
fingers and tied around the wrist for securing the thumb guard in place.
LIBELED :   2-27-56, M. Dist. Ala.
CHAKGE: 502 (a)-the labeling accompanying the device, when shipped, con-
tained false and misleading representations that it would prevent thumb or
finger sucking; that it would protect the baby's health, teeth, gums, and facial
features; that it would guard the baby's teeth; and that it would easily and
effectively stop the habit of thumb sucking; and 502 (j)-the article, when
used as a baby's thumb guard as suggested in the labeling, would be dangerous
to health.
DISPOSITION :   4r-2-56.   Default-destruction.
NEW DRUGS SHIPPED WITHOUT EFFECTIVE APPLICATION