11499. Misbranding of Sol-A-Min.   TJ. S. v. 366 Packages    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No.
20536.   Sample Nos. 52567-H to 52569-H, incl.)
LIBEL FILED :   July 15,1946, Western District of Kentucky. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about May 20 and June 10 and 11,1946, by Universal 
Drug Products, Inc., from Cleveland, Ohio.
PRODUCT: 366 assorted 10-ounce and 12-ounce packages of Sol-A-Min at 
Louisville, Ky.
LABEL, IN PART: "Sol-A-Min A Vitamin and Mineral Dietary Supplement in- 
cluding Vitamin B Complex."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Misbranding, Section 403 (f), the common or usual name 
of each ingredient and the proportions of the minimum daily requirements 
for vitamins A, Bi, B2, C, and D, and of the minerals calcium, phosphorus, 
iron, and iodine supplied by the article, and the amounts of niacin, vitamin 
Be, and calcium pantothenate in the recommended daily intake, were not promi- 
nently placed on the label with such conspicuousness (as compared with other 
words, statements, designs, and devices on the label) as to render such in- 
formation likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under 
customary conditions of purchase and use, since it was in small type, difficult 
to read, whereas the other statements and designs were prominently placed 
on the label.
The article was alleged also to be misbranded under the provisions of the 
law applicable to drugs, as reported in notices of judgment on drugs and 
devices, No. 2059.
DISPOSITION: January 6, 1947. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.