20798. Misbranding of brewer's yeast tablets.  U. S. v. 18 Drums, etc.   (F. D. C.
No. 35322.   Sample Nos. 8564-L, 8569-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   June 20,1953, Northern District of New York.
40 bottles, each containing 1,000 tablets, at Auburn, N. Y., in the possession of 
Vita Laboratories Pharmaceutical Chemists.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : When the tablets were shipped in interstate com- 
merce, they were packaged in bulk drums, and, upon their receipt by the con- 
signee, a number of the tablets were repackaged into bottles.
LABEL, IN PART: (Drum) "Sugar-Coated Tablets Brewer's Yeast 6 grains"1; 
(bottle) "1000 S. C. T. Theabex Vitamin B-complex * * * Each Theabex con- 
tains: thiamin Chloride (Vitamin Bi) Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) Pyridoxine 
(Vitamin B„) Nicotinic Acid (P-P Factor) Pantothenic Acid (Filtrate 
Factor) and other natural factors of the Vitamin B-complex found in concen- 
trated brewer's yeast * * * Sole Distributors Vita Laboratories Pharmaceu- 
tical Chemists   Auburn, New York."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Tablets in drums. Misbranding, Section 403 (j), the arti- 
cle purported to be and was represented as a food for special dietary uses by 
reason of its vitamin content, and its label failed to bear, as required by the 
regulations, a statement of the kind and quantities of vitamins supplied by the 
article when consumed in a specified quantity during a period of one day. The 
article was misbranded in this respect when introduced into and while in inter- 
state commerce.
Tablets in bottles. Misbranding, Section 403 (j), the article purported to 
be and was represented as a food for special dietary uses by reason of its 
vitamin content, and its label failed to bear, as required by the regulations, 
a statement of the proportion of the minimum daily requirements of vitamin 
Bi and vitamin B2 and the amount of vitamin B6 supplied by the article when 
consumed in a specified quantity during a period of one day; and the label of 
the article failed also to bear the statement "The need for pantothenic acid in 
human nutrition has not been established." The article was misbranded in 
this respect while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : July 31, 1953. Vita Laboratories, Auburn, N. Y., claimant, hav- 
ing admitted the truth of the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the court ordered that the product be released under 
bond for relabeling under the supervision of the Department of Health, Educa- 
tion, and Welfare.
On March 9, 1954, the 18 drums of the product were destroyed by the U. S. 
marshal.