6679. Becevit tablets. (F.D.C. No. 45704. S. No. 67-333 R.) QUANTITY : 150 100-tablet btls. at Fort Worth, Tex. SHIPPED : 8-4-60, from Philadelphia, Pa. LABEL IN PAST: (Btl.) "Becevit Therapeutic B-Complex with Vitamin C and Hesperidin Each Tablet Contains: %MDR Vitamin B-1 15 mg. 1500 Vita- min B-2 10 mg. 833 Vitamin B-6 5 mg. * * Vitamin C 250 mg. 750 Cal- cium Pantothenate 10 mg. * Hesperidin Purified 20 mg. * * Niacinamide 50 mg. 500 *-The daily adult requirement has not been established. * *-The need for * * * in human nutrition * * * not established. Coral Laboratories Pharmaceuticals Dist. Co. Fort Worth, Texas." ACCOMPANYING LABELING: Detail cards reading in part "Becevite * * * Indications." RESULTS OP INVESTIGATION : Investigation showed that the detail cards were printed locally on the order of the dealer, Coral Laboratories, Fort Worth, Tex. LIBELED : 4-14-61, N. Dist. Tex. CHARGE: 502(a)-while held for sale, the labeling (detail cards) contained false and misleading representations that the article was adequate and effective in hastening wound healing in pre- and post-surgical cases, in second- and third-degree burns, and in peptic ulcers; and the label statement "Each Tablet contains . . . Hesperidin Purified - 20 mg." was false and misleading since such ingredient would be of insignificant value for the effects claimed in the labeling of the article. DISPOSITION : 5-25-61. Consent-claimed by Coral Laboratories and relabeled. Accompanying labeling destroyed.