6092. Nutrin vitamin and mineral capsules.    (F.D.C. No. 43921.   S. No. 66-
601P.)
QUANTITY: 7 pkgs., each containing 5 btls., and 20 pkgs., each containing 2
btls., at Pittsburgh, Pa.
SHIPPED :   10-19-59, from Waterloo, Iowa, by Vitarene Co.
LABEL IN PART: (Btl.) "Nutrin Multi-Vitamins & Minerals Each Capsule
Contains: Vitamins * * * Minerals * * * 30 Capsules Distributed by Chester
H. Nairne Co.   70 Tenth St.   Niles, Ohio *** PL 75."
ACCOMPANYING LABELING : Leaflet in package entitled "Nutrin When Food
Alone is not Enough   Nutrin Capsules."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : Mr. Chester H. Nairne had a sales booth on the
premises of a retail store at Pittsburgh, Pa., from which he sold the article
to the public, using an oral sales spiel and distributing the above-described
leaflet.
LIBELED:   11-25-59, W. Dist. Pa.
CHARGE: 502(a)-when shipped and while held for sale, the labeling which
accompanied the article contained false and misleading representations that it
was adequate and effective for perfect health; active brain; steady nerves and
happy disposition; strength, vigor, and unlimited energy; sturdy growth; good
bones and teeth; regulation of nervous and muscular activity; coagulation of
blood; proper functioning of the heart, muscles, nervous and body tissues;
counteraction of acids; healing of wounds; strengthening of mental power;
regulation of all the nutritive processes and prevention of goiter; purifying
the system; and regenerating the body by purifying the blood; and that the
food supplies generally available are nutritionally deficient and inferior, and
that they lack sufficient amounts of the vitamins and minerals for normal nu-
trition ; and 502 (f > (1) -the labeling of the article failed to bear adequate direc-
tions for use in the treatment of underweight and overweight conditions; high
blood pressure; reduced sexual powers; constipation; polio; improper sleep;
diabetes; and..colds, which were, the conditions for which the article was
offered in oral statements by Mr. Chester H. Nairne. .
DISPOSITION:   12-17-59.   Default-destruction.