3636. Misbranding of mineral tablets, B complex vitamins with iron tablets,
and Mo Tee Na tablets. U. S. v. 59 Bottles, etc. (F. D. C. No. 31598.
Sample Nos. 11297-L to 11299-L, incl.)
LIBEL FILED :    August 7, 1951, Northern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about April 24 and May 24, 1951, by the Mineral
Food Co., from Indianapolis, Ind.
PRODUCT : 59 bottles of mineral tablets, 24 bottles of B complex vitamins with
iron tablets, and 13 bottles of Mo Tee Na tablets at Millersburg, Ohio, to-
gether with copies of leaflets entitled "The M. F. Co.'s Vitamin B Complex"
and "Mineral Supplement"; copies of a card entitled "Supplement Your Min-
eral and Vitamin Diet"; copies of mimeographed sheets entitled "Natures
Minerals Vitamins," "Cochrane on the Ball," "Compare Our Formula With
Any Advertisement in News Papers," "Important," and "Dr. William Brady
Says"; and a copy of a mimeographed letter addressed "Good Morning Dear
Friend."
LABEL, IN PART: (Bottles) "The M. F. Co's Minerals 270 Tablets * ?* *
Contains: Potassium Iodide, Calcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, So-
dium Phosphate, Iron Sulfate Exsiccated, Sodium Chloride (iodized salt)";
"55 B Complex Vitamins With Iron * * * Contains Vitamin Bx 1 mg.
(thiamin chloride) Vitamin Bj, .5 mg. (riboflavin) Niacin,.5 mg. Sodium
Iron Pyrophosphate, 0.4 gr. Yeast plus inert compounding ingredients"; and
"Mo Tee Na * * * Net Contents 100 Tablets * * * Active Ingre- /"
dients: Calcium Succinate and Aspirin General Products Laboratories, Inc.
137 B. Spring St.   Columbus, Ohio."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Mineral tablets and B complete vitamins with iron tablets.
Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements in the labeling of the articles,
namely, in the above-mentioned leaflets, mimeographed sheets, card, and
mimeographed letter, were false and misleading. The statements represented
and suggested and created the impression (when read as a whole, as well as
through specific statements) that the articles supplied a universal need; and
that the articles were effective in reducing illness and increasing efficiency; in
treating lack of resistance, loss of weight, congestion of blood, and weakness
of muscles; in effecting normal nerve functioning, lactation, and reproduction
and digestive actions; in preventing weakness of the legs, flabbiness of the
heart muscles, and lowering of the body temperature; in maintaining health
and strength; in fortifying the body against inroads of sickness; in antag-
onizing the aging process; in preventing a run-down condition; in correcting
unnatural basic disorders that cause illness or disease regardless of their
names; in making over physical wrecks, causing them to be happy, strong,
free from stubborn suffering, pain and soreness of long duration, and able to
sleep; in preventing the return of agonizing pain; in treating nervousness,
stomach seeming to be tied up in a knot, insomnia, inability to work, and
irritability; and in treating patients helpless with rheumatism, hay fever,
hives, sick headache, "nervous" headache, allergy, crumbling teeth, excessive
tooth decay, recurring or chronic spinal curvature, growing pains, adult
tetany (cramps in legs or arms at night), recurring chilblains, and watery
"drip-drip" from the nose, with fits of sneezing which many Yankee wiseacres
ascribe to imaginary sinusitis which they think sounds better than "catarrh."
The articles would not be effective for the purposes represented, suggested, and
implied in the said statements.
Mo Tee Na tablets. Misbranding, Section 502 (a), certain statements in the
labeling of the article, namely, on the card entitled "Supplement Your Mineral
and Vitamin Diet," were false and misleading. 'The statements represented
and suggested that the article was an adequate and effective treatment for
arthritis and neuritis, whereas the article would not be effective for such
purposes.
The mineral tablets and B complex vitamins with iron tablets ^7ere alleged
also to be misbranded under the provisions of the law applicable to foods, as
reported in notices of judgment on foods.
DISPOSITION :   October 5,1951.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.