6613. Vitest vitamin capsules. (F.D.C. No. 45267. S. No. 2-140 R.) QUANTITT: 1,089 30-capsule btls. at St. Petersburg, Fla., in possession of Silver Rod Vitamin Co. SHIPPED : Between 10-15-59 and 8-29-60, from St. Louis, Mo. LABEL IN PART: (Btl.) "30 Gelets Vitest Vitamin Tested Vitamin Capsules Sugar Free Distributed by Silver Rod Vitamin Co. St. Petersburg 6, Fla. contains 'wonder' citrus bioflavonoids complex a food supplement." ACCOMPANYING LABELING : Leaflets entitled "Vitest Sugar Free Vitamin Tested Vitamins," "Vitest Vitamin Capsules With CB," "Now New Vitest Capsules," and "How to Start Living and Stop Worrying." RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION: Upon receipt of the article, the dealer repacked a number of the bottles of the article into shipping containers and placed a number of the above-mentioned leaflets in each container. The leaflets were printed on order of the dealer and used in promoting the sale of the article. LIBELED: 12-5-60, S. Dist. Fla. CHARGE: 502(a)-while held for sale, the accompanying labeling of the article contained false and misleading representations that the article was adequate and effective as a treatment for and preventive of rundown, tired feeling, loss of pep and vitality, premature aging, sterility, muscular dystrophy, loss of appetite, irritability, neuritic pains, loss of interest in important matters, for- getfulness, mouth irritation, skin lesions, intolerance to light, running eyes, skin disorders, gastrointestinal disturbances, diarrhea, fatty deposits in blood vessels, arteriosclerosis, alkalosis, and anemic conditions; to promote good sound health, strengthen the capillaries, feel better and live again, build blood, be more alert, for normal healthy skin and eyes, to promote growth rate and development, build resistance to disease, strengthen the productive faculties, maintain strong blood vessel capillaries, and heal wounds; and, in view of its content of citrus bioflavonoids, that use of the article would result in dramatic curative results in infections, including virus infections that have previously been beyond treatment, and infections that have long defied treatment. The article was alleged also to be misbranded under the provisions of the law applicable to foods as reported in notices of judgment on foods. DISPOSITION : 4-3-61. Default-destruction.