23745. Vitarich tablets and Vitanate tablets.   (F. D. C. No. 39314.    S. Nos. 28-
411/12 M, 28-597 M.) 
QUANTITY :   2   1,000-tablet btls. and 191   100-tablet btls. of Vitarich tablets and
47   200-tablet btls. of Vitanate tablets at Chicago, Ill: 
SHIPPED:   6-6-56, from San Francisco, Calif.
RESULTS OP INVESTIGATION : Analyses showed that a portion of the Vitarich 
tablets contained less than 82 percent of the declared amount of vitamin Bi; 
that another portion of the Vitarich tablets contained only 59 percent of the
declared amount of vitamin A; and that the Vitanate tablets contained less 
than 75 percent of the declared amount of vitamin Bi.
LIBELED:   7-27-56, N. Dist. Ill.
CHARGE: 402 (b) (1)—valuable constituents, vitamin A and vitamin Bi, had 
been in part omitted or abstracted from the articles while held for sale; and 
403 (a)—the label statements (Vitarich tablets) "Vitamin Bi * * * 1,000 
U. S. P. Units" and "Vitamin A (Ester) * * * 5,000 U. S. P. Units" and 
(Vitanate tablets) "Each tablet contains * * * Vitamin Bi * * * 0.167 mg." 
were false and misleading as applied to articles which contained less than the 
stated amounts of vitamin A and vitamin Bi while held for sale.
DISPOSITION:   10-10-56.   Default—distributed to charitable institutions.