20797. Adulteration and misbranding of B-Lixir and Neovis.  U. S. v. 14 Bottles,
etc.   (F. D. C. No. 35357.   Sample Nos. 59103-L, 59105-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   July 15,1953, Northern District of Georgia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about December 5, 1952, and April 17, 1953, by the 
First Texas Chemical Mfg. Co., from Dallas, Tex.
PRODUCT: 14 1-pint bottles of B-Lixir and 12 1-pint bottles of Neovis at 
Atlanta, Ga. Analyses showed that the B-Lixir contained 61 percent of the 
declared amount of vitamin Bi and that the Neovis contained less than 50 per- 
cent of the declared amounts of vitamin Bi and vitamin B^.
NATURE OF CHARGE: B-Lixir. 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 statement "Each fluidounce 
represents: Thiamin Hydrochloride 7.207 mgm." was false and misleading 
as applied to the article, which contained less than the declared amount of 
thiamine hydrochloride (vitamin Bi) per fluid ounce.
Neovis. Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), valuable constituents, vitamin 
Bi and vitamin Bm, had been in part omitted or abstracted from the article. 
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement "Each fluidounce represents:
* * * Vitamin B12 10 meg.   Thiamin Hydrochloride (Bi) 3 mg."
was false and misleading as applied to the article, which contained less than 
the declared amounts of vitamin BM and vitamin Bi per fluid ounce.
DISPOSITION: August 31, 1953. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.