6583. Vitamin Bu tablets and Folibex 12 Capsulettes.   (F.D.C. No. 45497.   S. Nos.
3-417/8 R.)
QUANTITY : 46 100-tablet btls. of vitamin B& tablets; and 3 drums containing a 
total of approximately 56,840 tablets, 15 250-tablet btls., 41 100-tablet btls., 
and 78 50-tablet btls. of Folibex 12 Capsulettes, at Washington, D.C, in pos- 
session of Babbitt Cut Rate Stores, Inc.
SHIPPED: 3-19-60, from Long Island City, N.Y. {vitamin Bis tablets), and 
6-2-60, from Cleveland, Ohio {Folibex 12 Capsulettes).
LABEL IN PAKT: (Btl.) "Vitamin B12 Tablets 50 meg. * * * Distributed by Na- 
tional Vitamin Corporation, Washington, D.C. Indications: As an Appetite 
Stimulant"; (drum) "Manufactured for: Babbitt Drug Co. Washington, D.C. 
Contents 24,420 * * * No. 50 Dark Red Code: O.A.D.E. Lot No. 4557 
Formula Contains"; and (btl.) "Folibex 12 Each Capsulette Contains: 
Vitamin Bia ... 10 meg. (as present in concentrated extractives from strepto- 
myces fermentations). Ferrous Sulfate Exsiccated. . . . 200 mg. Liver 
Fraction-2. . . . 300 mg. Folic Acid. . . . 0.33 mg. Vitamin C. ... 75 mg. 
Distributed by General Vitamin Corp. Washington, D.C. * * * Average 
Adult Dose   3 Capsulettes Daily as Directed by the Physician."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : The articles were shipped in bulk and repacked and 
labeled by the dealer.
LIBELED :    2-27-61, Dist. Columbia.
CHARGE: Vitamin Bm tablets, 502(a)-while held for sale, the label statement 
"Indication: As an Appetite Stimulant" was false and misleading since it was 
contrary to fact.
Folibex 12 Capsulettes, 503(b) (4)-while held for sale, the article was sub- 
ject to 503(b) (1) and its label failed to bear the statement "Caution: Federal 
law prohibits dispensing without prescription."
The libel alleged also that another article was misbranded under the pro- 
visions of the Aet relating to foods, as reported in notices of judgment on foods.
DISPOSITION : 6-8-61. Consent-claimed by Babbitt Cut Rate Stores, Inc., and 
released for relabeling.