5605. Rubber prophylactics.   (F.D.C. No. 40919.   S. No. 79-604 M.)
QUANTITY :   16 ctns., each containing 7,200 individual rubier prophylactics, at
New York, N.Y.
SHIPPED :    12-31-56, from Akron, Ohio, by Killashun Sales Division.

[D.D.N.J.
LABEL  IN  PABT:    (Ctn.)    "3  Axne * * * 1 * * * Tubed   3 * * * Knights";
(prophylactic)    "Three Knights   Sold For Prevention of Disease Only * * *
Made in U.S.A.    C-l-57."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION :   Examination showed that 2.5 percent of the article
was defective in that it contained holes.
LIBELED :   11-18-57, S. Dist. N.Y.
CHARGE: 501(c)-the quality of the article, when shipped, fell below that
which it purported to possess; and 502(a)-the label statement "Sold For
Prevention of Disease Only" was false and misleading as applied to an article
containing holes.
DISPOSITION: 3-5-58. Consent-claimed by Akwell Corp., Akron, Ohio, and
destroyed.
DRUGS AND DEVICES ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF FALSE AND
MISLEADING CLAIMS
DRUGS FOR HUMAN USE*