4474. Adulteration and misbranding of Glucatinic tablets.   U. S. v. 946 Bottles
* * *.    (F. D. O. No. 36509.    Sample No. 52509-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    April 20,1954, District of New Jersey.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about January 18, 1954, by Summers Laboratories,
Inc., from Ambler, Pa.
PRODUCT: 946 bottles of Glucatinic tablets at East Orange, N. J. Analysis
showed that the product contained 74 percent of the declared amount of vita-
min Bi.
LABEL, IN PART: (Bottle) "100 Tablets No. 1255 Glucatinic Sugar Coated
Bed Each tablet contains: * * * Thiamine Hydrochloride (Bi) 1 mg. * * *
For the treatment of iron-deficiency anemia, accompanied by vitamin B com-
plex deficiencies."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (c), the strength of the article
differed from that which it purported and was represented to possess, namely,
1 milligram of vitamin Bi per tablet.
Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label statement "Each tablet contains:
* * * Thiamine Hydrochloride (Bt) 1 mg." was false and misleading as ap-
plied to a product which contained less than 1 milligram of vitamin Bi per
tablet
DISPOSITION :   May 26, 1954.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.