3645. Misbranding of Quaker Puffed  Wheat  Sparkles.     U.  S. v.  154 Gases  of 
. ¦.   ¦   Quaker Puffed Wheat Sparkles.   Default decree of condemnation.    Prod- 
uct ordered delivered to a Federal institution.    (F. D. C. No. 4966.    Sample 
No. 47829-E.)
This product was falsely labeled regarding its vitamin content and its theraj 
peutie qualities.
On June 23,1941, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michi- 
gan filed a.libel against 154 cases, each containing 24 4-ounce packages, of Quaker 
Puffed Wheat Sparkles at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Quaker Oats Co. from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on or about March 18, 
1941; and charging that it was misbranded. It was labeled in part: (Box 
label) "The'Vitamin Rain'Breakfast Food."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that designs, devices, and state- 
ments in the labeling were false and misleading since they created the impres- 
sion that it contained vitamins A, Bi, C, D, and G in consequential amounts, 
and that it would be effective in preventing colds and infections, in producing 
healthy nerves, normal growth, good teeth, strong bones, and other desirable 
attributes; whereas it contained no vitamins A or C and only inconsequential 
amounts of vitamins Bi and G, and it would not be effective in preventing colds 
and infections, nor in producing healthy nerves, normal growth, good teeth, 
strong bones, and other desirable attributes.
It was also alleged to be misbranded under the provisions of the law applicable 
to drugs, as reported in D. D. N. J. No. 580.
On December 3; 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a nearby Federal 
institution.