5894 Handy-Hannah massager,    (F.D.C. No. 42652.    S. No. 27-514 P.)
QUANTITY :   20 individually cartoned devices at Minneapolis, Minn.
SHIPPED:    11-17-58, from Whitman, Mass., by Handy-Hannah Products Corp.
LABEL IN PART: (Ctn.) "Handy-Hannah all purpose massager * * * magic 
vibrating  disc,"   (device)   "Handy-Hannah  Electric  Vibrator."
ACCOMPANYING LABELING : Leaflet entitled "Look At What Your Handy-Hannah 
Magic Disc Vibrator Can Do." Catalog containing advertisement reading 
in part "Handy-Hannah Big 8%" Ail Purpose^ Disc Vibrator-Massager."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION: The article was an 8% inch, disc-shaped, convex- 
surfaced device equipped with grip handle and containing an electric motor 
capable of providing vibration.
LIBELED:    12-23-58, Dist. Minn.
CHARGE: 502(a)-when shipped, the labeling of the article contained false 
and misleading representations that the article was an adequate and effective 
treatment for reducing unwanted curves, replacing "fatty tissues with a 
slimmer, sleeker look," toning and firming body tissues, controlling weight 
on stomach and abdomen, slimming excess weight from hips, and slenderizing 
inaccessible parts of the body.
DISPOSITION:   2-27-59.   Default-delivered to Food and Drug Administration,