11299. Adulteration and misbranding of Sol-A-Min.    IT.  S. v. Albert Hassman.
Motion to dismiss indictment denied.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $1,000 and 
costs.    (F. D. C. No. 14285.    Sample No. 49067-F.)
INFORMATION FILED : Indictment returned February 13, 1945, Northern District 
of Ohio, against Albert Hassman, president of Universal Products, Inc., Cleve- 
land, Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about February 8, 1944, from the State of Ohio into 
the State of Indiana.
PRODUCT: Analysis disclosed that the product consisted of organic material and 
small amounts of compounds containing calcium, phosphorus, iron, and iodine.
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), valuable constituents, 
vitamin B and iron, had been in part omitted and abstracted from the article. 
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), certain statements on the label of the article 
and in accompanying leaflets entitled "Every Person Should Know About 
Sol-A-Min" were false and misleading in that they represented and suggested 
that one heaping teaspoonful (approximately one-half ounce) would supply 
one-fourth of the minimum daily adult requirement of vitamin C and three- 
eighths of the minimum daily adult requirement of iron; that the article would 
be of value as a source of the nutritional elements present in soya beans, vita- 
min B8, and calcium pantothenate; that it would be efficacious to insure good 
health and normal functioning of the various organs of the body; that it would 
be efficacious in preventing and correcting night blindness, "xerophthalmania" 
(disease of the eye), muscular weakness, inflammation of the nerves, paralysis, 
fatal effusion, skin conditions, indigestion, disturbances of the nervous system, 
and nutritional anemia; and that it is not feasible to obtain the vitamins and 
minerals needed in normal nutrition from ordinary foods. The article would 
be of no consequential value as a source of the nutritional elements present in 
the stated ingredients, and it would not be efficacious for the purposes repre- 
sented. Furthermore, it is feasible to obtain the vitamins and minerals needed 
in normal nutrition from ordinary foods; and 1 heaping teaspoonful of the 
article (approximately one-half ounce) would not supply one-fourth of the 
minimum daily adult requirement of vitamin C and three-eighths of the mini- 
mum daily adult requirement of iron.
The indictment alleged also that another product, Yuk-Air Compound, was 
misbranded under the provisions of the law applicable to drugs, as reported 
in notices of judgment on drugs and devices, No. 2151.
DISPOSITION : March 31,1947. The defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment 
having been denied, a plea of guilty was entered and the court imposed a fine 
of $1,000 and costs.