30636. Adulteration and misbranding of prophylactics.    J. S. v. 17 Dozen Pro¬
phylactics (and 2 other seizure actions against be same product). 
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 44558, 
44777, 45247.    Sample Nos. 29420-D, 43177-D, 45726-D, 45753-D.)
Samples of this product were found to be defective in that they contained 
holes.
On December 21, 1938, February 6, and April 29, 1939, the United States 
attorneys for the Northern District of Ohio, the Northern District of Illinois, 
and the Western District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts libels praying seizure and 
condemnation of 17 dozen prophylactics at Cleveland, Ohio, 12% gross of pro- 
phylactics at Chicago, Ill., and 1% gross of prophylactics at Pittsburgh, Pa.; 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce within the 
period from on or about November 21, 1938, to on or about January 18, 1939, by 
Youngs Rubber Corporation from New York, N. Y.; and charging adultera- 
tion with respect to two of the shipments, and adulteration and misbranding 
with respect to one shipment, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part "Naturalamb Skins."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that its strength fell below the professed 
standard or quality under which it was sold.
One shipment was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement ''For Pre- 
vention of Disease," stamped on the article, was false and misleading.
On March 14, April 6, and May 31, 1939, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered 
destroyed.
HAEBY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.