8796. Adulteration and misbranding of Sol-A-Min.    U. S. v. 218 Containers of
Sol-A-Min and 1 Carton of Printed Matter.   Default decree of condem- 
nation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 12247.    Sample No. 50262-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   April 24,1944, Western District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about December 31, 1943, by Universal Products, 
from Cleveland, Ohio.
PRODUCT: 218 containers, each containing 12 ounces, of Sol-A-Min, and 1 carton 
containing printed material, including a number of leaflets entitled, "Every 
Person Should Know About Sol-A-Min." The product was 65 percent de- 
ficient in vitamin C and 85 percent deficient in calcium.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), valuable constituents, 
vitamin C and calcium, had been in part omitted or abstracted from the 
article.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements, "One heaping teaspoon- 
ful (approximately % ounce) supplies % the minimum daily adult require- 
ments of vitamins * * * C * * * and supplies the following pro- 
portions of the minimum daily adult requirements * * * % of calcium," 
were false and misleading since the article would not supply the stated 
amounts of vitamin C or of calcium. Further misbranding, Section 403 (a), 
certain statements on the label and in the accompanying circular were false 
and misleading since they represented and suggested that the article would be of 
value as a source of soy beans, vitamin B8, calcium pantothenate, magnesium, 
manganese, copper, zinc, boron, sulfur, and calcium; that it would be effective 
to insure good health and normal functioning of the various organs of the body; 
that it would be effective in preventing or correcting various abnormalities or 
diseases; and that it is not feasible to obtain the vitamins and minerals 
needed in normal nutrition from ordinary foods. The product was of no 
consequential nutritional value as a source of the above-named substances; 
it would not be effective to insure good health and normal functioning of the 
various organs of the body; and it would not be effective in preventing or cor- 
recting various abnormalities or diseases. Moreover, it is feasible to obtain 
the vitamins and minerals needed in normal nutrition from ordinary foods.
DISPOSITION: May 15, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
?See also Nos. 8656, 8787.