6996. Misbranding of Floritone.    U.  S. v. Frank Tibbetts and Nancy  Tibbetts
(Vitolectie Food Co.).    Pleas  of guilty.    Fines  of $250 against  eacb 
defendant.    (F. D. C. No. 10630.   Sample No. 19222-F.)
INFORMATION FILED: February 8, 1944, District of Rhode Island, against 
Frank Tibbetts and Nancy Tibbetts, the latter owning and operating a business 
under the firm name of Vitolectie Food Co., Providence, R. I.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about April 12, 1943, from the State of Rhode Island 
into the State of Massachusetts.
PRODUCT: Analysis disclosed that the product consisted essentially of whey 
dextrin, and sugars such as glucose and milk sugar.
VIOLATION CHARGED: Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the statements in the 
labeling of the article were false and misleading since they represented and 
suggested and created in the mind of the reader the impression that the article, 
when used in accordance with the suggestions for use on the label, would be 
efficacious in increasing the body weight and in causing a reduction in body 
weight, and would be efficacious in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or pre- 
vention of diarrhea and toxemia.
The article was also alleged to be misbranded under the provisions of the 
law applicable to drugs, as reported in notices of judgment on drugs and 
devices.
DISPOSITION: February 10, 1944. The defendants entered pleas of guilty, and 
the court fined each of them $125 on each of the 2 counts, a total of $250 
against each defendant.