5879. Rectal thermometers.    (F.D.C. No. 42539.    S. No. 32-231 P.) 
QUANTITY :   264 rectal thermometers in envelopes at Englewood, N.J. 
SHIPPED :   10-7-5S, from Brooklyn, N.Y., by Adelphi Surgical Co., Inc.
LABEL IN PART: (Envelope) "Certificate of Examination Fever Thermometer 
* * * issued by the United States Dept. of Commerce Comet Thermometer 
Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. [or Cardinal Thermometer Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.]" and 
(engraved on thermometer) "Adeleo Rectal."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION: Examination of 24 thermometers showed that 
13 failed to meet the requirement for accuracy specified in CSl-52, issued 
by the National Bureau of Standards, when tested as described in CSl-52.
LIBELED:    12-5-58, Dist. N.J.
CHARGE: 501(c)-when shipped, the quality of the article fell below that which 
it purported and'was represented to possess since it did not give accurate 
readings; and 502(a)-the label statement "tested and found to meet all 
the requirements and tests specified in the Commercial Standard CSl-52" 
was false and misleading.
DISPOSITION :    1-12-59.   Default-destruction.