1139. Misbranding: of UtraJel.    U. S. v. 34 Cartons of UtraJel (and 3 other seizure
actions   against   UtraJel).    Decrees   of   condemnation   and  destruction.
(F. D.  C.  Nos. 10003,  10019,-10270,  10684.    Sample Nos.  14847-F,  23363-F,
36208-F, 48204-F.)
Between May 24 and September 7, 1943, the United States attorneys for the
District of Colorado, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Southern District
of California, and the Northern District of Ohio filed libels against the following
quantities of UtraJel: 34 cartons at Denver, Colo.; 10 packages at Philadelphia,
Pa.; and 11 cartons at Los Angeles, Calif., each carton containing 4 tubes; and
8 boxes and 12 boxes at Cleveland and Lorain, Ohio, respectively; alleging that
the article, which had been consigned by the Pynosol Laboratories, Inc., had
been shipped from on or about April 19 to June 10, 1943, from Chicago, HI.; and
charging that it was misbranded.
Analysis disclosed that the article consisted essentially of pine oil, soap, iodine,
and water.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the name "UtraJel" was
false and misleading since it represented and suggested that the article was safe
and appropriate for introduction into the uterus, whereas it was not safe or
appropriate for introduction into the uterus, but was unsafe and dangerous, and
capable of producing serious or even fatal consequences.
Between July 15 and October 13, 1943, Pynosol Laboratories, Inc., claimant,
having filed answers in each of the libel proceedings, orders were entered di-
recting that the Colorado, California, and Ohio cases be removed to the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania and consolidated for trial with the case originating
in that district On January 11 and 19, 1944, the claimant having withdrawn
its claims and answers, judgments were entered in the Eastern District of Penn-
sylvania, condemning the product and ordering it destroyed.