19349. Misbranding of  Hope   mineral   tablets.   U.   S.  v.  140  Tablets * * *.
(F. D. C. No. 32479.    Sample No. 35289-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   February 1,1952, Western District of Wisconsin.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about December 12,1951, by the Hope Co., from East 
St. Louis, Ill.
PRODUCT:   140   40-tablet bottles of Hope mineral tablets at Monroe, Wis.
LABEL IN PART: (Bottle) "Hope Mineral Tablets Dietary Supplement Each 
tablet contains 20 mgm. of iron. Also traces of other minerals (extracted 
from a natural clay) plus % mgm. Vitamin Bi, 1 mgm. Vitamin B2, and 5 
mgm. Niacin."   Some labels also declared "% meg. Vitamin Bu."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 403 (j), the article purported to be 
and was represented as a food for special dietary uses by reason of its vitamin 
and mineral content; and its label failed to bear such information concerning 
its vitamin and mineral properties as the Federal Security Administrator has 
determined to be and by regulations prescribed as necessary in order fully 
to inform purchasers as to its value for such uses since its label bore the 
statement "Also traces of other minerals," and its label failed to bear, as 
required by the regulations, a statement of the kind and quantity of the other 
minerals present in a specified quantity of such food.
The article was alleged to be misbranded also under the provisions of the 
law applicable to drugs, as reported in notices of judgment on drugs and 
devices, No. 3906.
DISPOSITION: March 6, 1952. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to a local hospital.