8221. Adulteration and misbranding of A.  B.  D.  G.  Capsules.     U.  S.  v.  15,000
A. B. D. G. Capsules.   -Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 6068.   Sample No. 53409-B.) .
These capsules, which Were shipped in bulk package, were labeled "A. B. 
D. G. Capsules Improved," but subsequently, a portion were repackaged and 
labeled "Hain Abgede Improved Vitamins." Each capsule was represented 
to contain 200 U. S. P. units of vitamin Bi, but examination showed that each 
one contained not more than 133 International Units (U. S. . P. iinits) of 
vitamin Bi.      ..
On October 24, 1941, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of California filed a libel against 15,000 A. B. D. G. Capsules at Los Angeles, 
Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about July 11, 1941, 
by the International Vitamin Corporation from Brooklyn, N. Y.; and charging 
that it was adulterated and misbranded.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a valuable constituent, 
namely, vitamin Bi, had been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted there- 
from. It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the shipping 
carton, "200 vitamin Bi units U. S. P.," was false as applied to an article that 
contained not more than 133 International Units of vitamin Bi per capsule.
It was also alleged to be adulterated and misbranded under the provisions 
of the law applicable to drugs, as reported in D. D. N. J. No. 566.
On November 19, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.