27048. Various  vitamin  products.    (F.D.O.  No.  44380.    S.   Nos.  91-023/4  P,
91-026 P.) 
QUANTITY :   57   50-tablet btls. of Poundron; 40   50-tablet btls. of Toddets; and
21 individually cartoned 4-oz. btls. of Lederplex Vitamin B Complex Liquid at
Taunton, Mass.
SHIPPED :   Prior to March 1957, from New York, N.Y., and Pearl River, N.Y.
LABEL IN PART: (Btl.) "Poundron * * * Contents: Each Tablet Contains: 
Whole Liver Desiccated 3 grs., Gerrous Sulfate Exsiccated 3 grs., Thiamine 
Hydrochloride 1.0 mg., Riboflavin 0.66 mg., Nicotinic Acid 10 mg., Vitamin Boa 
.3 megs, including Aromatic Stomaetic Constituents"; (btl.) "Toddets * * * 
Each tablet contains: Methyl Cellulose 250 mg., Thiamine Chloride 1 mg., 
Riboflavin 2 mg., Niacinamide 10 mg., Ascorbic Acid 10 mg., Choline Bitartrate 
20 mg., Inositol 5 mg."; (btl. & ctn.) "Lederplex Vitamin B Complex Liquid. 
Each teaspoonful (4 cc.) contains: Thiamine Hol (Bi) 2.0 mg. Riboflavin 
(B2) 2.0 mg. Niacinamide 10.0 mg. Folic Acid 0.2 mg. Pyridoxine Hol (B6) 
0.2 mg. Pantothenic Acid 2.0 mg. Choline 20.0 mg. Inositol 1Q.0 mg. Soluble 
Liver Fraction 470 mg. Vitamin B12 5.0 micrograms (as present in concentrated 
extractives from streptomyces fermentation)."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : Analysis showed that the Poundron contained 
about 78 percent of the declared amount of vitamin Bi, the Toddets contained 
about 70 percent of the declared amount of vitamin Bi and about 75 percent of 
the declared amount of vitamin C, and the Lederplex Vitamin B Complex con- 
tained" about 50 percent of the declared amount of vitamin B*.
LIBELED :   3-24-60, Dist. Mass.
CHARGE: 402(b) (1)—while held for sale, valuable constituents, namely, vita- 
min Bi (all lots) and vitamin C (Toddets) were in part omitted or abstracted 
from the articles; and 403(a)—the label statements (Poundron) "Each tablet 
contains: * * * Thiamine Hydrochloride 1.0 mg."; (Toddets) "Each tablet 
contains * * * Thiamine Chloride 1 mg. * * * Ascorbic Acid 10 mg." and 
(Lederplex Vitamin B Complex) "Each teaspoonful (4 cc.) contains: * * * 
Thiamine Cl (Bi) 2.0 mg." were false and misleading.
The libel alleged also that Stimavite Tastitabs were misbranded under the 
provisions of the law applicable to drugs, as reported in notices of judgment 
on drugs and devices, No. 6193.
DISPOSITION :    5-16-60.   Default—destruction.