183. Misbranding of miscellaneous salvaged cosmetics.   U. S. v. 25 Crates, etc.
(F. D. C. No. 27154.   Sample No. 62100-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   April 21, 1949, District of Massachusetts.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about April 17,1948, by the Underwriter Salvage Co. 
of New York, from Providence, R. I.
PRODUCT: 25 crates and 36 cartons of-miscellaneous salvaged cosmetics at West 
Lynn, Mass. Some of the material had been fire-damaged, and some bottles 
and jars were unlabeled.   A number of tablets in some bottles had partially
*See also No. 178.
disintegrated, and a number of tablets in other bottles had fused and adhered 
to the bottoms of the bottles.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 602 (b) (2), the labels of the articles 
failed to bear an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents.
The libel alleged also that certain products included in the shipment were 
misbranded under the provisions of the law applicable to foods and drugs, 
as reported in notices of judgment on foods, No. 15648, and notices of judgment 
on drugs and devices, No. 3024.
DISPOSITION: May 26, 1949. The Triangle Sales Corp., West Lynn, Mass., 
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the court ordered that the products be released under bond 
to be brought into compliance with the law, under the supervision of the Federal 
Security Agency. The unfit portion of the products was segregated and 
destroyed.
INDEX TO NOTICES OF JUDGMENT C. N. J. NOS. 176 TO 183
PRODUCTS
N. J. No.
Adde Hair Pomade 
180
Arden, Elizabeth, Sleek  (depila- 
tory cream) 
182
Blanche White Make-Up Creme, 
Blanche White Special 
Cleansing Creme, Blanche 
White night cosmetic cream, 
Blanche White Powder, and 
'  Blanche   White   Formula
No. 3 
178
Deo Deodorant 
: 
176,177
Deodorant, Deo 
176,177
Depilatory cream 
182
N. J. No.
Egg Creme Shampoo, Winsome      179
Face creams and powder 
178
Fire-damaged cosmetics, sal- 
vaged  
183
Hair and scalp preparations 179'-181
Royal Crown Hair Dressing, 
Royal Crown Deluxe Mens 
Pomade, Royal Crown Bril- 
liantine,  and Royal  Crown
Rose Hair Oil 
181
Salvaged cosmetics, fire- 
damaged 
183
Winsome Egg Creme Shampoo      179
SHIPPERS, MANUFACTURERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS
N. J. No.
Adde Co.:
Adde Hair Pomade 
180
Allied Home Products, Inc.:
Winsome Egg Creme Shampoo.     179 
Ardent Elizabeth: 
Elizabeth Arden Sleek (depila- 
tory cream) 
182
Bergholt, F. B. : 
Blanche White Make-Up Creme, 
Blanche White Special 
Cleansing Creme, Blanche 
White night cosmetic cream, 
Blanche White Powder, and 
Blanche White Formula 
No. 3 
178
N. 
See Berg-
J. No.
Bergholt Laboratories, 
holt, F. B.
Elizabeth   Arden.     See   Arden, 
Elizabeth.
Elmo Sales Corp.: 
Deo Deodorant 
176,177
Strickland, J., & Co.: 
Royal Crown Hair Dressing, 
Royal Crown DeLuxe Mens 
Pomade, Royal Crown Bril- 
liantine, and Royal Crown 
Rose Hair Oil 
181
Underwriter Salvage Co. of New 
York: 
miscellaneous    salvaged    cos- 
metics 
183
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
AND COSMETIC ACT
[Given pursuant to section 705 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act]
184-189
COSMETICS
The cases reported herewith were instituted in the United States district 
courts by the United States attorneys, acting upon reports submitted by the Fed- 
eral Security Agency, and include, where indicated, the^results of investigations 
of the Agency, prior to the institution of the proceedings. Published by direction 
of the Federal Security Administrator.
CHAELES W. CEAWFOED, Commissioner of Food and Drugs. 
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 23,1951.
CONTENTS'
Cosmetics actionable because of 
adulteration with poisonous or 
deleterious substances 
114
Cosmetics actionable because of 
adulteration with uncertified 
coal-tar colors 
115
Page 
Cosmetic   actionable   because   of
false and misleading claims.   116
Index 
~- 116
Cosmetics,   subject   to   the   drug 
provisions of the Act 
-- 116
?For f Core to beaar mandatory labeling, see No. 188. 
1*80224-51
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