5234. Clinical thermometers.   (F. D. C No. 39450.   S. Nos. 48-862/3 M.)
QUANTITY :   28 doz. oral thermometers and 19 doz. rectal thermometers at Mil-
waukee, Wis.
SHIPPED : Between 3-24-56 and 7-3-56, from New York, N. Y., by the Philbern
Thermometer Co., Inc.
LABEL IN PAET: (Otn.) "One Fever Thermometer * * * Philbern * * *
Oral (Or Rectal)."
ACCOMPANYING LABELING: (Leaflet) "Certificate of Examination * * * The
Government Bureau recognizes as reliable all thermometers having a correction
of ?o of a degree at any test point * * * This clinical thermometer has been
tested by a Standard Thermometer, approved by the Bureau of Standards,
Washington, D. C, at the following degrees and found to stand at: 98?-0,
100?-0,104?-0,106?-0. If reading is plus then subtract from reading, if minus,
add to reading."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : Examination of 24 oral thermometers and 24 rectal
thermometers showed that 6 oral thermometers and 7 rectal thermometers
failed to meet the labeled standard of accuracy.
LIBELED :   8-29-56, E. Dist. Wis.
CHARGE: 501 (c)-the quality of the thermometers, when shipped, fell below
that which they purported and were represented to possess since their actual
temperature readings did not comply with the standard of accuracy claimed
for them.
DISPOSITION :   10-11-56.   Default-destruction.
DRUGS AND DEVICES ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF FALSE AND
MISLEADING CLAIMS
DRUGS FOR HUMAN USE*