20697. Adulteration and misbranding of vitamin capsules.   U. S. v. 295 Bot¬
tles * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 34954.    Sample Nos. 70735-L, 70736-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   April 15,1953, Southern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about May 29, 1951, from Los Angeles, Calif.
PRODUCT: Vitamin capsules. 280 45-capsule bottles and 15 210-capsule bottles 
at Cincinnati, Ohio.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), valuable constituents 
had been in part omitted or abstracted from the article, namely, vitamin Bx 
and vitamin C from the 280-bottle lot and the 15-bottle lot, vitamin B6 and 
niacinamide from the 280-bottle lot, and riboflavin from the 15-bottle lot.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the following label statements were false and 
misleading as applied to both lots, which contained less than the declared 
amounts of vitamin Bx and vitamin C; as applied to the 280-bottle lot, which 
contained less than the declared amounts of vitamin B6 and niacinamide; 
and as applied to the 15-bottle lot, which contained less than the declared 
amount of vitamin B2 (riboflavin) : "Each Capsule * * * Fortified With * * * 
Vitamin B-1 * * * 15,000 Meg. (15 Mg.) Vitamin B-2 (Riboflavin) 6,000 
Meg. (6 Mg.) Vitamin B-6 * * * 125 Meg. (0.125 Mg.) Vitamin C * * * 
1,000 USP Units (50 Mg.)    Niacinamide 10,000 Meg. (10 Mg.)."
The article was adulterated and misbranded while held for sale after ship- 
ment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION :   August 26,1953.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.