6197. Adulteration and misbranding of Hiran and Kal Tablets.    IT. S. v. 52 Bot¬
tles of Hiran and 150 Bottles of Kal Tablets. Default decrees of con- 
demnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 10969. Sample Nos. 55509-F, 
55510-F.)
LIBELS FILED:   October 21, 1943,Western District of Washington. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about May 21, June 28 and September 8, 1943, by 
Makers of Kal, Inc., from Los Angeles, Calif. 
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containing 350 tablets, at Seattle, Wash.; Kal Tablets, 12 bottles, each con- 
taining 650 tablets, 102 bottles, each containing 100 tablets, and 36 bottles, each 
containing 375 tablets, at Seattle, Wash.
Examination disclosed that the Hiran Tablets contained, per 6 tablets, 720 
U.S.P. units of vitamin A and less than 225 U.S.P. units of vitamin D; and that 
the Kal Tablets contained approximately 750 U.S.P. units of vitamin D per 6 
tablets.
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), valuable constituents, 
vitamins A (Hiran) and D (Hiran and Kal Tablets), had been in whole or in 
part omitted or abstrated from the products.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the statements appearing on the label of the 
Hiran, "Rich in * * * Vitamins A***D*** Three tablets 
furnish   *   *   *   vitamins in the following quantity and percentage of the
minimum daily adult  requirement.    *   *    *   Vitamin A 2500 USP
Units 
(Approx.)   62%    *    *    *   Vitamin  D 
450  USP
Units (Approx.) 112%.   Two tablets three times a day furnish * * * the
following vitamins and percentages of the minimum daily adult requirement. 
Vitamin A 5000 USP Units (Approx.) 125% * * * Vita- 
min D 900 USP Units (Approx.) 225%," were false and mis- 
leading as applied to a product deficient in the stated amounts of vitamins 
A and D; and the statements appearing on the label of the Kal Tablets, "6 
Kal Tablets Supply These Percentages of the Minimum Adult daily require- 
ments   *    *    *   Vitamin D   1500 U.S.P.   Units 375%." were false and
misleading as applied to a product deficient in the stated amount of vitamin D.
DISPOSITION: July 29, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgments of con- 
demnation were entered and the products were ordered destroyed.