20499. Misbranding of Vit-Ra-Tox No. 21.   U. S. v. 25 Cartons * * *.   (F. D. C
No. 34391.   Sample Nos. 62612-L, 62613-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    January 6, 1953, Eastern District of Missouri,
and was represented as a food for special dietary use by reason of its vitamin 
and mineral content, and its label failed to bear such information concerning its 
vitamin and mineral properties as has been determined to be and by regula- 
tions prescribed as necessary in order fully to inform purchasers as to its 
value for such uses, in that its label failed to bear (1) a statement of the 
dietary properties with respect to vitamins and minerals upon which such 
use was based; (2) a statement of the proportion of the minimum dally re- 
quirements for the vitamins for which minimum daily requirements had been 
established and which would be supplied by the article when consumed in a 
specified quantity during a period of one day; (3) a statement of the amount 
of the vitamins contained in the article for which minimum daily requirements 
had not been established; (4) a statement that the need in human nutrition 
for vitamins E, F, and the P fruition of the C complex and the Wulzen factor 
of the F complex had not been established; and (5) a statement of the pro- 
portion of the minimum daily requirements for iron, calcium, phosphorus, and 
iodine which would be supplied by the article when consumed in a specified 
quantity during a period of one day. The article was misbranded when intro- 
duced into, while in, and while held for sale after shipment in, interstate 
commerce.
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. 4136.
DISPOSITION : January 30, 1953. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that a portion of the article be delivered to the Food and Drug Ad- 
ministration and that the remainder be destroyed.