2821. Adulteration  and misbranding of   Hain  Becompx  Capsules.     U.  S.  v.  50
Packages of Hain Becompx Capsules.     Default decree of condemnation 
and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 4375.    Sample No. 32497-B.)
This product was represented to contain 100 International Units of vitamin Bt 
per capsule! Biological assay, however, showed that it contained not more than 
60 U. S. P. units of vitamin Bi per capsule (1 U. S. P. unit is equivalent to 1 
International Unit of vitamin Bi).
On April 17, 1941, the'United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California filed a libel against 56 packages of Hain Beconipx Capsules at Los 
Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about December 9, 1940, by the International Vitamin Corporation from 
Brooklyn, N. Y.; and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded.
The -article was alleged to be adulterated in that a valuable constituent, 
namely, vitamin Bi, had been wholly or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom. 
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements appearing on 
the box were false and misleading since they were incorrect: "Each Capsule 
contains: Bi—100 International (200 Sherman) Units."
The article was also charged to be adulterated and misbranded under the 
provisions of the law applicable to drugs, as reported in D. D. N. J. No. 476;
On June 16, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.