29001. Misbranding of Pon-Tam-Pon and Glycerant.    IT. S. v. 21 Cartons of Pon-
Tam-Pon and Glycerant.    Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 42049.    Sample No. 18623-D.)
These products were misbranded because of false and fraudulent curative 
and therapeutic claims and because of false and misleading representations that 
the tampons contained free iodine.
On March 26, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District-of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 21 cartons, each con- 
taining a tampon and a tube of Glycerant at Los Angeles, Calif.; alleging that 
the articles had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about November 17,' 
1937, from Rutland, Vt., by the Pond Manufacturing Co.; and charging mis- 
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article showed that the tampons consisted of 
gelatin capsules containing a jelly composed of glycerated gelatin, boric acid, and 
an iodide; a layer of powder composed of silver nitrate and boric acid and 
a bundle of wool fibers. The tube labeled "Glycerant" contained glyeerite of 
starch and boric acid.
Misbranding was alleged in that the following statements appearing in a cir- 
cular contained in the package were false and misleading since the tampons 
contained no free iodine: "Wherever germs can go iodine can follow, but more 
rapidly. * * * original and pure state * * * Iodine. * * * With 
iodine equivalent to 20 percent of the Tincture * * * Iodine." Misbranding 
was alleged further in that certain statements appearing upon the carton, in a 
circular contained in the package and upon the tube labeled "Glycerant," falsely 
and fratidulently represented that the articles when used together, were effective 
in the treatment of gonorrhea in women; and that the Glycerant when used 
separately was an effective treatment for inflammation, skin diseases, hemor- 
rhoids, sores, sore gums, etc.
On April 20, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the products were ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.