16549. Adulteration and misbranding of Neo-Mineral.   U. S. v.  16  Bottles
*   ¦*    *.    (F. D. C. No. 29197.   Sample No. 71313-K.)
LIBEL FILED:   April 27, 1950, Southern District of California. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about November 11,14, and 16,1949, by the Trojanol 
Products Co., from Detroit, Mich.
PRODUCT:   16 bottles of Neo-Mineral at Riverside, Calif.
mineral extract will supply twice the minimum daily adult iron (FE) require- 
ment.   Minimum daily adult requirement 10 mgms fluid ounces net."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
iron, had been in part omitted.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement "Two teaspoonfuls of this 
mineral extract will supply twice the minimum daily adult iron (FE) require- 
ment" was false and misleading. (Two teaspoonfuls of the product would 
supply less than twice the minimum daily adult requirement for iron, i. e., 
20 mg.)
DISPOSITION :   May 23, 1950.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.