6239. Niblack System spot reducing devices.    (F.D.C. No. 44556.    S. No. 27-
708 R.)
QUANTITY:   10 devices of 3 different styles consisting of 4 Salon Table Units
bearing the letters "NS," 5 Salon Pony Units bearing the letters "NS" and 1
Home Pony-Unit labeled "The Niblack System Home Pony * * * NS," at
Minneapolis, Minn.
SHIPPED :   From Denver, Colo., by Niblack System, Inc.   The Salon Table Units
and Salon Pony Units were shipped some time in 1952, and the Home Pony
Unit was shipped on 3-9-60.
ACCOMPANYING LABELING : Pamphlets entitled "How To Keep Your Figure With
The Niblack Home Pony" and "Niblack System The World's Greatest Method
of Scientific Spot Reducing," and leaflets entitled "Niblack Slenderizing
System."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : The device was an appliance containing a series of
rollers which were caused to rotate by a motor-driven belt. The patient was
massaged by placing the portions of the anatomy, through various positions,
against the rotating rollers.
LIBELED :   5-2-60, Dist. Minn.
CHARGE: 502(a)-when shipped, the labeling accompanying the devices con-
tained false and misleading representations that the devices were an adequate
and effective treatment for reforming the body; removing surplus inches in
specific areas; keeping the body firm and vibrant; spot reducing; relieving
menstrual period tension; reducing weight; proportioning the figure; restoring
muscle tone; and aiding faulty elimination.
DISPOSITION : 5-12-60. Consent-claimed by H. C. Fischer, t/a Niblack Slender-
izing System, Minneapolis, Minn.   The article was relabeled.