16295. Adulteration of Dr. McMaster's Vitamin B Complex Tablets, Dr. McMas¬
ter's Eight Essential Vitamins Capsules, Dr. McMaster's Calcium 
Ration Tablets, and Dr. McMaster's V. M. S. Tablets. U. S. v. Medi- 
Synth Laboratories, Inc.   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $750.    (F. D. C. No.
28176.   Sample Nos. 31640-K, 58286-K to 58288-K, incl.)
INFORMATION FILED : December 12,1949, Southern District of California, against 
Medi-Synth Laboratories, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif.
ALLEGED VIOLATION: The defendant caused false guaranties to be given with 
respect to quantities of Dr. McMaster's Vitamin B Complex Tablets, Dr. 
McMaster's Eight Essential Vitamins Capsules, Dr. McMaster's Calcium Ra- 
tion Tablets, and Dr. McMaster's V. M. S. Tablets, which it caused to be de- 
livered on or about February 14 and April 22 and 28, 1949, within the State 
of California, to the holder of the guaranties, who was engaged in the business 
of introducing and delivering for introduction into interstate commerce, 
quantities of vitamin and mineral tablets which had been supplied by the 
defendant.
The guaranties had been given by the defendant to the holder thereof on or 
about September 14,1948, and they provided, among other things, that no foods 
delivered thereunder would be adulterated within the meaning of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), valuable constituents of 
the articles had been in part omitted and abstracted therefrom as follows: 
Each tablet of Dr. McMaster's Vitamin B Complex Tablets was represented to 
provide 1 milligram of vitamin B2, whereas each tablet would provide a smaller 
amount of vitamin B2; each capsule of Dr. McMaster's Eight Essential Vita- 
mins Capsules' was represented to provide 20 milligrams of niacinamide, 
whereas each capsule would provide a smaller amount of niacinamide; 2 tab- 
lets of Dr. Matters Calcium Ration Tablets were represented to contain 
650 U. S. P. units of vitamin D, whereas 2 tablets of the article contained a 
smaller amount of vitamin D ; and 3 tablets of Dr. McMaster's V. M. S. Tablets 
were represented to provide 500 IT. S. P. units of vitamin D, whereas 3 tablets 
of the article would provide a smaller amount of vitamin D.
The information alleged also that another product, Kal-Estrin, was adulter- 
ated under the provisions of the law applicable to drugs, as reported in notices 
of judgment on drugs and devices, No. 3071.
DISPOSITION : January 30,1950. A plea of guilty having been entered, the court 
imposed a fine of $750.