6680. Coldene vitamin tonic with iron. (F.D.C. No. 45882. S. No. 35-812 R.) QUANTITY : 15,600 individually ctnd. btls. at Brooklyn, N.Y. SHIPPED : 11-30-59, from Chicago, Ill., by Sanco Drug Co. LABEL IN PAST: (Btl. and ctn.) "Coldene Vitamin Tonic with Iron * * * Each fluid oz. (2 Tablespoonfuls) contains: * * * Riboflavin (B2) 4 mg. * * * Pharma-Craft Corporation, Distrs. Cranbury, N.J." ACCOMPANYING LABELING: Leaflet in carton entitled "Coldene Liquid Cold Medicine." RESULTS OP INVESTIGATION : Analysis showed that the article contained approx- imately 68 percent of the declared amount of riboflavin. LIBELED : 5-12-61, E. Dist. N.Y. CHARGE : 502(a)-when shipped and while held for sale, the labeling contained false and misleading representations that the article was adequate and effective for the prevention of and treatment for rundown conditions; and for use in convalescence from colds, flu, and similar illness; and the name of the article "Coldene Vitamin Tonic With Iron" and the label statement "therapeutic tonic" were misleading since the article was not adequate and effective as a "Vitamin Tonic," since it contained the vitamin B grouping and methionine, not vitamins in general. The libel alleged also that the article was adulterated and misbranded under the provisions of the Act relating to foods, as reported in notices of judgment on foods. DISPOSITION : 6-8-61. Default-destruction.