11300. Misbranding of Pavo Food, Natural B Complex Tablets, Nurex Tablets,
Vitamin  Minerals Tablets, and Raygo Tablets.    U.  S. v.  7 Jars,  etc.
(F. D. C. No. 14661.    Sample Nos. 81581-F, 81583-F to 81586-F, inel.)
LIBEL FILED :   On or about December 26,1944, Western District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about October 23 and 25,1944, by the Pavo Co., from 
Minneapolis, Minn.
PRODUCT: 15 jars of Pavo Food, 9 bottles of Natural B Complex Tablets, 21 
bottles of Nurex Tablets, 21 bottles of Vitamin Minerals Tablets, and 65 bottles 
of Raygo Tablets at Kansas City, Mo., together with a number of circulars en- 
titled "So It's You Again, Is It? A Gray Hair I" and "Are You Below Par?" 
and a booklet entitled "Pavo Food Special Dietary Basic Food." The Pavo 
Food was in 16- and 32-ounce jars, and the other products were in 80-, 85-, 185-, 
250-, 270-, and 285-tablet-size bottles.
Examination disclosed that the Pavo Food consisted of a powdered mixture 
of soybean flour, oils, and sugar, calcium, phosphorus, and iron compounds, 
and traces of magnesium, copper, zinc, and cobalt; that the Natural B Com- 
plex Tablets contained vitamin Bi, riboflavin, and niacin; that the Nurex 
Tablets contained vitamin Bi, calcium, magnesium, iron, sodium, and potas- 
sium; that the Vitamin Minerals Tablets contained calcium, phosphorus, and
iron compounds, vitamin C and organic matter, and traces of iodides and 
copper; and that the Raygo Tablets contained calcium and iron compounds, 
yeast, and other organic matter. 
NATURE OF CHARGE : Pavo Food, misbranding, Section 403 (a), certain statements 
in the labeling of the article were false and misleading since they represented 
and suggested that the article, prepared and used as directed, would be appro- 
priate for infant feeding and would supply adequate nourishment for infants; 
that it was a rich source of protein; that it was effective in maintaining the 
alkalinity of the body; that it was of tremendous importance as a source of trace 
mineral elements; that it would be of value to persons who were below par, 
underweight, anemic, and allergic; and that it would be efficacious in the 
treatment of excess acidity, stomach distress, headaches, skin eruptions, 
abscesses or boils, rheumatism, inflammation of the eyes or other organs, 
catarrh, chills, and fever, and many other ailments. The article would not be 
appropriate for infant feeding and would not supply adequate nourishment for 
infants because the volumes specified to be fed were greater than the infant's 
stomach could accommodate and because the intervals between the feedings 
specified were too brief for proper gastric processes; it was not a rich source 
of protein; it was not effective in maintaining the alkalinity of the body; it was 
not of value as a source of trace minerals; it would not be of value to persons 
who were below par, underweight, anemic, and allergic; and it would not be 
efficacious in the treatment of excess acidity, stomach distress, headaches, skin 
eruptions, and abscesses or boils, and the other disease conditions mentioned.
Natural B Complex Tablets, misbranding, Section 403 (a), certain statements 
in the labeling of the article were false and misleading since the article would 
not fulfill the promises of benefit stated and implied thereby. The statements 
represented and implied that the article would be of value to persons who were 
below par and always tired, sleepy, and listless; that "it would make one feel 
like a new person; and that it would enable one to live his life in a way to 
enjoy it.
Nurex Tablets, misbranding, Section 403 (a), certain statements in the label- 
ing of the article were false and misleading since they represented and suggested 
that the article was of nutritional and therapeutic value because of the presence 
of sodium, potassium, and magnesium; that it would be of value to ones who 
were nervous, irritable, despondent, blue, and unable to sleep nights; and that 
it would relax taut nerves. The article was of no nutritional or therapeutic 
value by reason of the minerals mentioned, and it would not be effective to 
fulfill the promises of benefits stated and implied. Section 403 (j), the article 
was represented as a food for special dietary uses, and its label failed to bear, as 
required by the regulations, a statement of the proportion of the minimum daily 
requirements of calcium and iron supplied by a specified quantity of the article 
when consumed during a period of 1 day.
Vitamin Minerals Tablets, misbranding, Section 403 (a), certain statements 
in the labeling of the article were false and misleading since they represented 
and suggested that the article would enable persons to keep healthy, young, 
and beautiful, and to keep their skin, hair, and nails in youthful condition. 
The article would not fulfill the promises of benefits stated and implied.
Raygo Tablets, misbranding, Section 403 (a), certain statements in the 
labeling of the article were false and misleading since they represented and 
suggested that the article would be effective to restore the original color to 
gray hair.   The article would not be effective for such purpose.
The Natural B Complex Tablets, the Nurex Tablets, and the Vitamin Minerals 
Tablets were alleged also to be misbranded under the provisions of the law 
applicable to drugs, as reported in notices of judgment on drugs and devices, 
No. 2155. 
DISPOSITION : October 18, 1945. Jack G. Pavo, trading as the Pavo Co., having 
appeared as claimant and having filed an answer denying that the products 
were misbranded, and the court having found that the articles were misbranded 
within the meaning of the law, judgment of condemnation was entered. The 
products were ordered released under bond to be brought into compliance with 
the law by relabeling or destruction, as the circumstances might require, under 
the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.