8799. Misbranding of Vitalex Vitamin and Iron Tablets.    U.v S. v. 8 Boxes of
Vitalex   Vitamin   and   Iron   Tablets.     Default   decree   of   destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 13179.   Sample No. 68503-F.)
two unlabeled envelopes in each box, one containing brown-colored tablets 
and the other, light-colored tablets. Each of the brown-colored tablets con- 
tained 5 grains of iron sulfate, and the light-colored tablets contained brewers' 
yeast.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 403 (e), the article failed to bear a 
label on its immediate container stating the name and place of business of 
the manufacturer, packer, or distributor and an accurate statement of the 
quantity of the contents; and, Section 403 (j), it purported to be a food for 
special dietary uses by man, by reason of its content of iron and vitamin Bi, 
vitamin G, niacin, and other factors of the vitamin B complex, and its label 
failed to bear, as required by the regulations, a statement of the proportion 
of the minimum daily requirements of iron, vitamin Bi, and vitamin G and 
the quantity of niacin and other factors of the vitamin B complex supplied 
by a specified quantity of the food when consumed during a period of 1 day.
The article was also alleged to "be misbranded under the provisions of the 
law applicable to drugs, as reported in notices of judgment on drugs and 
devices, No. 1403.
DISPOSITION: On September 29, 1944, no claimant having appeared, judgment 
was entered ordering that the product be destroyed.