7349. Adulteration and misbranding of vitamin tablets.    U. S. vC B.  S. Miller
Laboratories, Inc. Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $500 on count 1, 
sentence suspended on count 2, and defendant placed on 2 veasrs' proba- 
tion.     (F. D. C No. 12572.    Sample No. 36479-Fj
INFORMATION FILED: October 2, 1944, Southern District of California, against 
the E. S. Miller Laboratories, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : . On or about October 29, 1943, from the State of California 
into the State of Colorado.
LABEL, IN PART :   "Miller Red Poly Vitamin."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constitu- 
ent of the article, vitamin A, had been in part omitted or abstracted therefrom, 
since the article was represented to contain in each tablet 5,000 International 
Units of vitamin A, and it contained less than 2,500 International Units of 
vitamin A. 
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Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the statement on the label, "Each Tablet 
Contains Vitamin A   *   *    *   5,000 I. U.," was false and misleading.
DISPOSITION : October 30, 1944. A plea of nolo contendere having been entered 
on behalf of the defendant, a flue of $500 was imposed on count 1. Sentence was 
suspended on count 2, and the defendant was placed on probation for 2 years.