16449. Adulteration and misbranding of vitamin-mineral capsules.   U. S. v. 26
Bottles    *    *   *.    (F. D. C. No. 29017.   Sample No. 48732-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :   March 21,1950, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about August 28,1948, from Brooklyn, N. Y. Analy- 
sis showed that the product was approximately 70 percent deficient in vitamin 
Bi (thiamine chloride).
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 Capsule Con- 
tains * * * Thiamine Chloride (Bi) 10.0 mg." was false and misleading 
as applied to an article which contained less than the stated amount of thiamine 
chloride.
The article was adulterated and misbranded in the above respects while 
held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
ordered that the product be delivered to a local hospital, conditioned upon the 
relabeling of the bottles under the supervision of the Food and Drug Admin- 
istration to show the correct potency of the capsules.