3933. Adulteration and misbranding of vitamin B complex.   U. S. v. 82 Vials
* * *.    (F.D.C. No. 34270.    Sample No. 36651-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    December 1,1952, Southern District of Ohio.
?See also No. S939.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about June 24, 1952, by the Taylor Pharmacal Co.,
from Decatur, 111.
PRODUCT: 82 30 cc.-vials of vitamin B complex at Cincinnati, Ohio. Analysis
showed that the product contained less than 50 percent of the declared amount
of vitamin Bu (cyanocobalamin), 78 percent of the declared amount of vita-
min Bj (thiamine hydrochloride), and 68 percent of the declared amount of
riboflavin.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (c), the strength of the article
differed from that which it purported and was represented to possess, namely,
"Each cc. contains * * * cyanocobalamin 1.0 mcgm. * * * thiamine hydro-
chloride 50 mg. * * * riboflavin 1 mg."
Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label statement "Each cc. contains * * *'
cyanocobalamin 1.0 mcgm. * * * thiamine hydrochloride 50 mg. * * * ribo-"
flavin 1 mg." was false and misleading as applied to the article, which con-
tained less than those amounts of vitamin B12, vitamin Bi, and riboflavin.
DISPOSITION : December 22, 1952. Default decree of condemnation and
destruction.