18349. Adulteration and misbranding of Mi-Vites vitamin tablets.   U. S. v. 7
Bottles, etc.   (F. D. C. No. 32536.   Sample No. 23481-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   February 25,1952, Eastern District of New York. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about January 18 and 21,1952, by the Chase Chemi- 
cal Co., from Newark, N. J.
PRODUCT: 7 1,000-tablet-size bottles and 68 dozen 100-tablet-size bottles of 
Mi-Vites vitamin tablets at Jackson Heights, N. Y.
LABEL, IN PART: (Bottle) "Mi-Vites * * * Three Mi-Vites "Daily Provide: 
Vitamin A (Palmitate) 15,000 U. S. P. Units * * * Bi (Thiamine Hcl) 15 
mg. * * * D (Activated Ergosterol) 1500 U. S. P. Units * * * Nico- 
tinamide 30 mg."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, 402 (b) (1), valuable constituents, vitamins 
A, Bi, and D, and nicotinamide, had been in whole or in part omitted or ab- 
stracted.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements "Three Mi-Vites Daily 
Provide: Vitamin A (Palmitate) 15,000U. S. P. Units * * * Bi (Thiamine 
Hcl) 15 mg. * * * D (Activated Ergosterol) 1500 U. S. P. Units * * * 
Nicotinamide 30 mg." were false and misleading as applied to a product 
which contained less than the declared amounts of vitamins A, Bi, and D, 
and nicotinamide.
DISPOSITION : March 13, 1952. The Chase Chemical Co., Newark, N. J., claim- 
ant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond for 
reprocessing under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency.