9187. Adulteration and misbranding of vitamin capsules.    U. S. v. 7 Drums of
ABDG   Capsules.     Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 16434.   Sample No. 16227-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 22,1945f Northern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 3,1945, by the Keith-Victor Pharmacal 
Co., from St. Louis, Mo.
PRODUCT: 7 drums containing 200,000 vitamin capsules at Chicago, Ill. Exam- 
ination showed that the product contained not more than 50 percent of the de- 
clared amount of vitamin Bi.
LABEL, IN PART :   "Sugar Coated Brown ABDG Spheroid Gelatin Capsules."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
vitamin Bi, had been in part omitted from the article.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement, "Each Spheroid Contains: 
* * * Vitamin B* (Thiamin Chloride USP) 333 I. U. 1 Mg.," was false 
and misleading.
DISPOSITION: November 6, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.