2990. Misbranding of thiamin chloride B,.    IJ. S. v. 239 Bottles of Thiamin Chlo¬
ride Bi with Accompanying Labeling. Default decree of condemnation. 
Product ordered distributed to loeal hospitals. (F. D. C. No. 4826. Sam- 
ple No. 50234-E.)
This product, which was a milk sugar tablet containing vitamin Bi, contained 
false and misleading statements on the label regarding its value in the correc- 
tion of the alcoholic habit and certain nervous disturbances.
On May 24, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland 
filed a libel against 239 bottles, each containing 100 tablets, of thiamin chloride 
Bi at Baltimore, Md. (on June 4, 1941, the libel was amended to include ac- 
companying labeling), alleging that the article had been shipped by Geo. M. 
Beringer, Inc., from Camden, N. J., on or about November 11, 1940; and charg- 
ing that it was misbranded in that representations in the labeling regarding 
its efficacy in the correction of the alcoholic habit, nervous indigestion, nervous 
headaches, and neuralgic pain, were false and misleading since it would not be 
efficacious for such purposes.
It also was alleged to be misbranded under the provisions of the law appli- 
cable to drugs, as reported in D. D. N. J. No. 581.
On July 12, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was delivered to a local hospital for clinical use.