20594. Adulteration and misbranding of thiamine hydrochloride tablets.   U. S. v.
11 Cases * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 35313.   Sample No. 50889-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   June 17,1953, Southern District of New York., 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about May 23, 1952, from a foreign country.
PBODTJOT : 11 cases, each containing 100 500-tablet bottles, of thiamine hydro- 
chloride tablets at New York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
thiamine hydrochloride (vitamin Bt), had been in part omitted or abstracted 
from the article.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements "Thiamine Hydro- 
chloride 1.0 mg.," "Thiamine Hydrochloride * * * 1 Mgm. 1/60 grain," and "1 
Tablet Contains 1 mg. Crystalline Aneurin" were false and misleading as 
applied to the article, which contained less than the declared amount of 
thiamine hydrochloride.
The article was adulterated and misbranded while held for sale after ship- 
ment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION :   July 8, 1953.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.