20650. Adulteration and misbranding of vitamin capsules.   U. S. v. 456 Bottles
* * *.    (F.D.C. No. 35289.    Sample No. 44885-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 1,1953, District of Connecticut.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about March 12,1952, from Worcester, Mass.
PRODUCT: "Vitamin capsules. 456 bottles, eaeh containing 100 capsules, at 
Hartford, Conn. Analysis showed that the product contained 74 percent of 
the declared amount of vitamin Bi.
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (b)  (1), a valuable constituent, 
vitamin Bi, had been in part omitted or abstracted from the article. 
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements "Each Capsule Contains:
* * * Vitamin Bi 2.5 mg. * * * Each capsule contains 1M times the
minimum daily adult requirement for Vitamin * * * and 2% times that for 
Bi" were false and misleading as applied to the article, which contained less 
than the declared amount of vitamin Bi.
The article was adulterated and misbranded in the above respects while 
held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : July 6, 1953. Brewer & Co., Inc., Worcester, Mass., claimant, 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and 
destruction was entered and the court ordered that the product be released 
under bond for relabeling under the supervision of the Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare.
INDEX TO NOTICES OF JUDGMENT F. N. J. NOS. 20601 TO 20650
PRODUCTS
N. J. No. 
Apple juice, concentrated J 20634
Apricots, canned 
20632
Black-eyed peas, dried  20835
Butter 
20612-20620
Calcium phytate tablets 
20649
Cereals and cereal products— 8 20601-
20611
Cheeses , 
20621, 20622
muenster 
20623
Chickpeas, ground, roasted 20636
Cocktails, crab and shrimp ''20629
Crab cocktail 
"20629
Crabmeat 
20630, 20631
Dairy  products 
20612-20623
Egg(s), frozen 
20625
yolks,  frozen 
20624
Fats.   See Oils and fats.
Fish and shellfish 3 20626-20631
N. J. No.
Flour 
20601-20604
Fruits and vegetables— a 4 20632-20639
fruit, canned 
20632, 20633
miscellaneous    fruit    prod- 
ucts 
20635-20637
tomatoes   and   tomato   prod- 
ucts 
* 20638, 20639
vegetables and vegetable prod- 
ucts 
20635-20637
Garbanzos.   See Chickpeas. 
Livers, chicken, with spaghetti,
canned 
20647
Macaroni    and    noodle    prod- 
ucts 
2 20605, 20606
Mackerel, jack, canned 
20626
Mix, bakery 
20611
Muenster  cheese 
20623
Noodles.     See    Macaroni    and 
noodle products.
i (20634, 20642) Injunction issued.
3 (20605) Prosecution contested.   Contains opinion of the court.
3 (20629) Action for criminal contempt dismissed.
* (20638) Seizure contested.