5287. Watt's Prostatories.    (F. D. C. No. 39005.    S. No. 18-877 M.)
QUANTITY : 306 pkgs., each containing 27 suppositories, and 554 pkgs., each con-
taining 12 suppositories, at Columbus, Ohio, in possession of Watt's Products Co.
SHIPPED :    11-1-55, from Jersey City, N. J.
LABEL IN PART: (Pkg.) "Watt's Prostatories * * * Active ingredients:
Powdered extract of Poke Root (Phytolacca) in a bland emollient base. An
aid in the relief of minor discomfort and irritability of the bladder in elderly
men. * * * Distributed By Watt's Products Co.   Box 666   Columbus 16 Ohio."
ACCOMPANYING LABELING : Leaflet enclosed in each package entitled "Informa-
tion About Prostatories."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : The above-described label and leaflet were supplied
to the shipper by Watt's Products Co., and advertisements headed "Prostate
Symptoms" were printed on instructions of the company.
LIBELED :    3-21-56, S. Dist. Ohio.
CHARGE: 502 (a)-when shipped, the name of the article "Prostatories," which
represented and suggested that the article was an effective treatment for dis-
orders of the prostate gland, was false and misleading since the article was not
an effective treatment for such disorders; and the labeling of the article con-
tained false and misleading representations that the article was effective for
the relief of discomfort and irritability of the bladder in elderly men; and
502 (f) (1)-the labeling of the article, while held for sale, failed to bear
adequate directions for use in the treatment of prostate symptoms and
attendant discomforts.
DISPOSITION:   7-1-57. Default-destruction.