2978. Misbranding of Slend-R-Forim Candy.     TJ. S. v. 9% Dozen Boxes of Slend-
R-Form Candy (and 12 other seizure actions against Slend-R-Form 
Candy). Default decrees of condemnation. Portions of product ordered 
distributed   to   charitable   institutions!   remainder   ordered   destroyed.-
(F. D. C. Nos. 3599, 3916, 3924, 3998, 4017, 4201, 4678, 4768, 5048, 5239, 5240, 
5749, 5758. Sample Nos. 5181-E, 11404-E, 22302-E, 38942-E, 39706-E, 43590-E, 
44652-E, 47481-E, 52318-E to 52320-E, incl., 55422-E, 55604-E, 58291-E, 
79926-E.)
Between December 28,1940, and September 17,1941, the United States attorneys 
for the Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Washington, Northern 
District of California, District of Oregon, Southern District of Ohio, Western Dis- 
trict of Louisiana, Northern District of Oklahoma, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 
Southern District of Indiana, and the District of Minnesota filed libels against 9% 
dozen boxes of Slend-R-Form at St. Louis, Mo.; 451 boxes at Seattle, Wash.; 140 
boxes at San Francisco, Calif.; 19 dozen boxes at Portland, Oreg.; 140 boxes at 
Dayton, Ohio; 25 boxes at Appleton, Wis.; 54 boxes at Lake Charles, La.; 24 boxes 
at Tulsa, Okla.; 126 boxes at Milwaukee, Wis,,; 16 boxes at Indianapolis, Ind.; and 
274 packages at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce within the period from on or about October 28, 1940, 
to on or about August 7, 1941, by Riley Products, Inc., from Chicago, Ill. On 
March ,10, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado filed a 
libel against 8 dozen boxes of Sleud-R-Form Candy at Denver, Colo., which 
had been shipped by the Riley Products, Inc., from Chicago, Ill., on or about 
December 3, 1940.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that representations in the labeling 
regarding its efficacy in effecting a reduction of body weight in the consumer were
false and misleading.    It also was alleged to be misbranded under the provisions 
of the law applicable to drugs, as reported in D. D. N. J. No. 594.
Between January 30, 1941, and March 4, 1942, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered. The portions of the product located 
'at Denver, Dayton, and Minneapolis were ordered distributed to charitable insti- 
tutions and the remaining lots were ordered destroyed.
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