27741. Vitamin products. (F.D.C. No. 44902. S. No®. 42-301 R, 42-308 R, 42- 
310 R, 42-312/3 R, 42-315/6 R, 42-318 R.)
QUANTITY : 4 cases of 96 200-tablet btls. of Multi-Mineral tablets; 6 cases of 
96 200-tablet btls. and 3 cases of 96 100-tablet btls. of vitamin A and D tab- 
lets ; 4 cases of 96 100-tablet btls. of vitamin B complex tablets; 5 cases of 
6 600-tablet btls. of vitamin A and D and Bu tablets; 4 cases of 96 120-cap- 
sule btls. of Junior Multi-Vitamin-Mineral capsules: 3 cases of 108 45-cap- 
sule btls. of Geriatric Multi-Vitamin-Mineral capsules; and 34 cases of 12 8- 
oz. btls. of liquid vitamins for infants and children, at Oakland, Calif.
SHIPPED : Between 7-31-57 and 7-15-60, from Freeport, Ill., by W. T. Rawleigh 
Co.
LABEL IN PART: (Btl.) "Rawleigh's Multi-Mineral Tablets"; "Rawleigh's Vita- 
min A and D Tablets"; "Rawleigh Vitamin B-Complex Tablets"; "Rawleigh's 
Vitamin A and D and B-12 Tablets"; "Rawleigh's Junior Multi-Vitamin-Min- 
eral Capsules For Children 3 to 12 Years of Age"; "Rawleigh's Geriatric 
Multi-Vitamin-Mineral Capsules"; and "Rawleigh Liquid Vitamin For In- 
fants and Children."
ACCOMPANYING LABELING: Booklets entitled "Rawleigh and today's home- 
maker" and "Pocket Reference Booklet on Rawleigh Products"; leaflets en- 
titled "Better health more vigor and zest for life," "Who needs vitamin sup- 
plements," and "To help babies and children grow and be healthy"; and loose- 
leaf books entitled "Rawleigh's Sales Manuals."
LIBELED:    9-22-60, N. Dist. Calif.
CHARGE: 403(a)—when shipped, the labeling of the Multi-Mineral tablets, 
vitamin A and D tablets, vitamin B complex tablets, vitamins A and D and 
BM tablets, and Junior Multi-Vitamin-Mineral capsules contained false and 
misleading representations that the ordinary diet consumed by teenagers, 
older people, and others in the United States, is generally deficient in vitamin 
and mineral content, and that such diet results in practically everyone suffer- 
ing from, or being in danger of suffering from, inadequate vitamin and mineral 
nutrition unless a vitamin and mineral supplement is added to the diet; 
that smokers and those who drink require supplementation of the diet with 
vitamins; and that the regular consumption of vitamin and mineral food 
supplements is a suitable corrective for all aspects of inadequate nutrition 
due to poor eating habits, fad diets, and eating only the foods one likes and 
ignoring other needed foods.
403(a)—the label of the Multi-Mineral tablets bore the false and misleading 
statement "Need in human nutrition for copper * * * magnesium not definitely 
established."
403(a)—the label of the Junior Multi-Vitamin-Mineral capsules bore the 
false and misleading statements "the need for folic acid, vitamin E * * * have 
not been established" and "The need for * * * copper, magnesium * * * has 
not been established."
403(a)—the labeling of Geriatric Multi-Vitamin-Mineral capsules, and the 
name of the article, contained false and misleading representations that the 
nutritional requirements of older people were different from adults generally; 
that it was impossible for an individual to consume adequate, nutritional
quantities of vitamins in the ordinary diet, that vitamin supplementation 
was therefore necessary; and that the article was nutritionally superior to 
such ordinary foods.
403(a)—the labeling of liquid vitamin for infants and children contained 
false and misleading representations that it was impossible for infants and 
children to consume adequate nutritional quantities of vitamins in the ordi- 
nary diet, that vitamin supplementation was therefore necessary; and that 
the article was nutritionally superior to such ordinary foods.
403(j)—when shipped, the vitamin A and D tablets and vitamin A and D 
and Bia tablets purported to be and were represented as foods for special 
dietary uses by reason of their vitamin and mineral content, and their labels 
failed to bear, as required by regulations, a statement of the proportion of the 
minimum daily requirement of vitamin A for infants and children supplied 
by such foods when consumed in a specified quantity during the period of one 
day.
The libel alleged also that the articles were misbranded under the provi- 
sions of the law applicable to drugs, as reported in notices of judgment on 
drugs and devices, No. 6496.
DISPOSITION: 10-27-60. Default—delivered to county institutions for use 
under a physician's instruction.