12772. Adulteration and misbranding of vitamin tablets.    U. S. v. S Bottles, etc.
(F. D. C. No. 20233.    Sample No. 5452-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    June 7,1946, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about February 15, 1946, by the Keith-Victor Phar- 
macal Co., from St. Louis, Mo. The product was shipped in bulk and relabeled 
by the consignee.
PRODUCT: 62 bottles containing a total of 29,800 vitamin tablets at Philadelphia, 
Pa.   These tablets contained less than 1,000 units of vitamin D.
LABEL IN PART: (When shipped, drum) "Sugar Coated Orange Round Nine 
Vitamin Spheroids Each Spheroid Contains: Vitamins * * * D Acti- 
vated Ergosterol 1,000 USP Units."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
vitamin D, had been in part omitted from the article.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement "Each Spheroid Contains: 
Vitamins * * * D Activated Ergosterol 1,000 USP Units" was false and 
misleading.
DISPOSITION: September 4, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.