17744. Adulteration and misbranding of vitamin tablets.    IT. S. v. 1 Drum
* *    *.    (F.D.C. No. 31011.   Sample No. 15065-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 24,1951, District of Nebraska.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about January 26, 1951, by National Drug Labora- 
tories, Inc., Chicago, Ill. 
PRODUCT:   1 drum containing 41,400 vitamin tablets at Omaha, Nebr.
Capsules #0 Clear Each Capsule contains: 2.0 Mg. Thiamin (2MDR) 2.0 
Mg. Riboflavin   (IMDR)    *    *    *   9.0 Mg. Niacinamide."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), valuable constituents, 
thiamine, riboflavin, and niacinamide, had been in whole or in part omitted 
or abstracted therefrom.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement "Each Capsule contains: 
2.0 Mg. Thiamin (2MDR) 2.0 Mg. Riboflavin (IMDR) * * * 9.0 Mg. 
Niacinamide" was false and misleading as applied to the article, which con- 
tained less than these amounts of the stated substances.
DISPOSITION : July 10,1951. National Drug Laboratories, Inc., claimant, having 
consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the court ordered that the product be released under bond to be relabeled under 
the supervision of the Federal Security Agency.