28297. Y-Min tablets, Granular Y-Min, and vitamin C tablets.    (F.D.O. No. 45541.
S. Nos. 55-805/7 R.) 
QUANTITY:    16   340-tablet btls. of Y-Min; 6   36-oz. btls. and 7   12-oz. btls. of
Granular Y-Min; and 13   80-tablet btls. of vitamin C, at Parma, Idaho, in
possession of Yensen Mineral Co.
SHIPPED :    12-28-60 and 1-25-61, from Los Angeles, Calif., and St. Louis, Mo.
LABEL IN PART : "340 Y-Min Tablets An Organic Mineral Vitamin Food Sup- 
plement (Complete except for Vitamin C which is in an accompanying con- 
tainer) * * * Distributed by The Yensen Mineral Co., Parma, Idaho. Pre- 
pared from concentrates of sea plants and green leafy vegetables; bone flour, 
and iron phosphate. Vitamin A made from lemon grass, Vitamin D from irrad- 
iated plant sterols. B Complex factors are as present in yeast, with Thiamine 
and Riboflavin added. * * * This is a concentrated Food Supplement"; Gran- 
ular Y-Min An organic Mineral Vitamin Food Supplement (Complete except 
for Vitamin C which is in an accompanying container). Recommended in those 
conditions where an additional mineral and vitamin intake is indicated. * * * 
Distributed by The Yensen Mineral Co., Parma, Idaho, Contains concentrates 
of the sea algae Macrocystis Pyrifera, Laminaria longifolia, with specially 
processed wheat germ, bone meal, milk minerals, iron phosphate, and brewer's 
yeast. Also concentrates of the fresh fruits—apple, apricot, orange, lemon, 
banana, tomato, with escarole, and parsley concentrates. Vitamin A from 
lemon grass; Vitamin D from irradiated plant sterols; Vitamins B complex 
from yeast. Thiamin and riboflavin added. * * * Y-Min is a concentrated 
food supplement"; and "Vitamin C 80 Tablets Each tablet contains 100 milli- 
grams (2,000 units) of Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) Yensen Mineral Company, 
Parma, Idaho * * * Dose: one to two tablets daily."
ACCOMPANYING LABELING : Leaflets entitled "Information for T-Min users" and 
"About Food Supplements."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : The articles were shipped in bulk and repacked by 
the dealer.   The leaflets were prepared on order of the dealer.
LIBELED :   4-10-61, Dist. Idaho.
CHARGE: T-Min tablets with'vitamin C tablets, 403(a)—while held for sale, 
the accompanying labeling contained false and misleading representations 
that the articles would maintain a milk supply for mothers; that the ordinary 
foods of the diet were "Foodless Food," "Saw Dust," and due to growing, 
harvesting, processing, storing, discarding, selecting, and cooking conditions, 
did not provide adequate nutrition; that the American diet supplied one- 
fourth of the requirements for minerals and vitamins; that the articles were 
a complete, balanced nutritional and organic food supplement which was safe 
for use according to their label directions by anyone except those who were 
allergic to their ingredients ; that the articles were rich in those things which 
are most often lacking in the American diet; and that the articles contained 
all the unknown food factors in significant amounts for special dietary use : 
the label statements "An Organic Mineral Vitamin Food Supplement," "Com- 
plete except for Vitamin C," and "This is a concentrated food supplement," 
were false and misleading since they were contrary to fact; the statements 
which represented and suggested that the article contained significant amounts 
of green, leafy vegetables for special dietary use were false and misleading 
since they were contrary to fact; 403(i) (2)—the article was fabricated from 
2 or more ingredients and the label failed to bear the common or usual name 
of each such ingredient, since "sea plants" and "Green leafy vegetables" are 
not the common names of those ingredients; 403(j)—the article purported to 
be and was represented as a food for special dietary use by reason of its 
vitamin content and its label failed to bear, as required by regulations, a 
statement of the proportion of the minimum daily requirement for vitamin C 
supplied by such food when consumed in a specified quantity during a period 
of one day.
Granular Y-Min with vitamin C tablets, 403(a)—while held for sale, the 
accompanying labeling contained false and misleading representations that 
the articles would maintain a milk supply for mothers; that the ordinary 
foods of the diet were "Foodless Food," "Saw Dust," and due to growing, 
harvesting, processing, storing, discarding, selecting, and cooking conditions, 
did not provide adequate nutrition; that the American diet supplied one- 
fourth of the requirements for minerals and vitamins; that the articles were 
a complete, balanced nutritional and organic food supplement which was 
safe for use according to their label directions by anyone except those who 
were allergic to their ingredients; that the articles were rich in those things 
which are most often lacking in the American diet; and that the articles 
contained all the unknown food factors in significant amounts for special 
dietary use; 403(a)—the label contained false and misleading representations 
that the article contained significant amounts of wheat germ and the concen- 
trates of fresh fruits of apple, apricot, orange, lemon, banana, tomato, and 
escarole and parsley, for special dietary use; 403(i) (2)—the article was fabri- 
cated from 2 or more ingredients and its label failed to bear the common or 
usual name of each such ingredient since "sea algae," "Macrocystic Pyrifera," 
and "Laminaria longifolia," and "milk minerals," are not the common or 
usual names of those ingredients; and 403(j)—the article purported to be 
and was represented as a food for special dietary use by reason of its vitamin
content and its label failed to bear, as required by regulations, a statement 
of the proportion of the minimum daily requirement for vitamin C supplied 
by such food when consumed in a specified quantity during a period of one 
day.
The libel alleged also that the articles were misbranded under the provisions 
of the Act relating to drugs as reported in notices of judgment on drugs and 
devices, No. 6805. 
DISPOSITION :   7-12-61.   Default—destruction.