566. Adulteration   and  misbranding-  of A.  B.  D.   G.  Capsules.     V.  S.  v.  15,000
A. B. D. G. Capsules.     Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 6068.   Sample No. 53409-E.)
These capsules, which were shipped in bulk package, were labeled "A. B. D. G.
Capsules Improved," but subsequently a portion were repackaged and labeled
"Hain Abedege Improved Vitamins." Bach capsule was represented to contain
200 U. S. P. units of vitamin B*, but examination showed that each one con-
tained not more than 133 International Units (U. S. P. units)  of vitamin Bi.
On October 24, 1941, the United States attorney for the Sonthern District of
California filed a libel against 15,000 A. B. D. G. Capsules at Los Angeles,
Calif., allegirg that the articles had been shipped on or about July 11, 1941,
by the International Vitamin Corporation from Brooklyn, N. Y.; and charging
that it was adulterated and misbranded.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that its strength differed from
and its quality fell below that which it was represented to possess, namely,
200 U. S. P. units of vitamin Ba. It was alleged to be misbranded in that
the statement on the shipping carton, "200 vitamin Bi units U. S. P.," was
false as applied to an article that contained not more than 133 International
Units of vitamin Bi per capsule.
It was also alleged to be adulterated and misbranded under the provisions
of the law applicable to foods, as reported in F. N. J. No. 3221.
On November 19, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna-
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.