8494. Adulteration and misbranding of Derbetain No. 3 Tablets. IT. S. v. Der- 
metics, Inc. Plea of guilty. Fine, $200. (F. D. C. No. 14242. Sample 
No. 57104-F.)
INFORMATION FILED: March 21, 1945, Western District of Washington, against 
Dermetics, Inc., Seattle, Wash.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about September 6, 1943, from the State of Wash- 
ington into the State of New York.
LABEL IN PART: "Derbetain No. 3 Tablets Contains a vitamin A and D con- 
centrate of fish liver oils and a special strain of yeast. Each tablet contains 
200 vitamin A units "D. S. P., 15 vitamin Bi units XL S. P., 35 vitamin D units 
U. S. P., 5 vitamin G units Sherman-Bourquin, * * * Biologically Stand- 
ardized   Heller Runnels Laboratories Inc., Los Angeles, California."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), valuable constituents, 
vitamin A and vitamin D, had been in part omitted or abstracted from the 
product, since each tablet was represented to contain 200 U. S. P. units of 
vitamin A and 35 U. S. P. units of vitamin D, whereas each tablet contained 
not more than 125 U. S. P. units of vitamin A and not more than 17.5 U. S. P. 
units of vitamin D.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements, "Each tablet contains 
200 vitamin A units U. S. P. * * * 35 vitamin D units U. S. P.," were false 
and misleading; and, Section 403 (j), the product purported to be and was 
represented as a food for special dietary uses by man by reason of its vitamin 
properties in respect of vitamins A, Bi, D, and G, and by reason of its use as 
a means of regulating the intake of protein, fat, carbohydrates, or calories 
for the purpose of controlling body weight, and its label failed to bear, as 
required by the regulations, (1) a statement of the proportion of the minimum 
daily requirements for vitamins A, Bi, D, and G which would be supplied by the 
product when consumed in a specified quantity during a period of 1 day, and 
(2) a statement of the percent by weight of protein, fat, and available carbo- 
hydrates in the product and the number of available calories which would be 
supplied by the product when consumed in a specified quantity during a period 
of 1 day.
of the defendant, the court imposed a fine of $100 on each count, a total fine 
of $200.