6610. Coldene Vitamin Tonic with Iron. (F.D.C. No. 44918. S. No. 7-501 R.) QUANTITY : 600 cases of 12 individually cartoned 8-oz. btls. at Norwood, Mass. SHIPPED : 11-2-59 and 11-3-59, from New York, N.Y., by Mary Scott Rowland, Ltd. LABEL IN PART: (Btl. and ctn.) "Coldene Vitamin Tonic with Iron * * * giv- ing therapeutic amounts of vitamins important to supplement the diet of those in run-down conditions. Especially indicated for use in convalescence from colds, flu and similar illness. Each fluid oz. (2 Tablespoonfuls) eon- tains: * * * Riboflavin (B2) 4 mg. * * * Pharma-Craft Corporation, Distrs. Cranbury, N.J." ACCOMPANYING LABELING: Leaflet in carton entitled "Coldene Liquid Cold Medicine." RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION: Examination showed that portions of the article contained approximately 70 percent of the declared amount of riboflavin. LIBELED: &-26-60, Dist. Mass. CHARGE: 502(a)-when shipped and while held for sale, the labeling of the article contained false and misleading representations that the article was adequate and effective as a preventive of and treatment for rundown condi- tions and for use in convalescence from colds, flu and similar ailments; and 502(a)-the name of the article "Coldene Vitamin Tonic with Iron" and the label statement "A therapeutic tonic" were false and misleading as applied to a product which was not a vitamin tonic since it contained the vitamin B grouping with methionine and not vitamins in general. The article was alleged also to be adulterated and misbranded under the provisions of the law applicable to foods, as reported in notices of judgment on foods. DISPOSITION : 5-15-61. Consent-destruction.