8795. Adulteration and misbranding of Broth-0-L,if e.    U. S. v. 84 Bottles and 233
Bottles of Broth-O-Life.    Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.   (F. D. C. No. 15130.   Sample No. 85282-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 31,1945, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about November 17, 1944, by the Mark Vandewart 
Co., Inc., from New York, N. Y. 
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PRODUCT: 84 8-ounce bottles and 233 2-ounce bottles of Broth-O-Life at Chal- 
font, Pa. Examination showed that the article contained no demonstrable 
quantity of vitamin Bi.
LABEL IN PART: (Bottles) "Howard Inches Broth-O-Life * * * Composed 
of * * * hydrolized vegetable protein * * * 800 Int. Units Vitamin 
Bi   *   *    *   Howard Inches Products Inc.   Chalfont, Pa."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
vitamin Bi, had been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted from the article. 
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement "Broth-O-Life" was mis- 
leading as applied to a product which was essentially of no food value, and the 
label statement "800 Int. Units of Vitamin Bi" was false and misleading since 
the article did not contain the declared amount of vitamin Bi; and, Section 
403 (k), the article contained an artificial flavor, and it failed to bear labeling 
stating that fact.
DISPOSITION: February 20, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.