7401. Adulteration and misbranding of enriched flour.    U.  S.  v.  350 Bags  of
Flour.    Consent   decree   of   condemnation.    Product   ordered   released 
under bond.     (F. D. C. No. 14190.    Sample No. 68744-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 6,1944, Southern District of Indiana.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about August 7, 1944, by the Valier & Spies Milling
Co., from East St. Louis, Ill. 
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PRODUCT:   350   25-pound bags of enriched flour at Milan, Ind.
LABEL, IN PART: "25 Lbs. Valier's Enterprise Flour Vitamin and Mineral En- 
riched Flour Bleached."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable con- 
stituent, thiamine (vitamin Bi), had been in part omitted from the product.
Misbranding, Section 403 (g) (1), the product failed to conform to the defi- 
nition and standard of identity prescribed by the regulations, which require
that enriched flour shall contain in each pound not less than 2.0 milligrams 
of thiamine, whereas the product contained only approximately 1.48 milli- , 
grams of thiamine per pound. 
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DISPOSITION : December 5, 1944. The Flour Mills of America, Inc., trading as 
the Valier & Spies Milling Co., claimant, having admitted the adulteration and 
misbranding charges, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product 
was ordered released under bond to be brought into compliance with the law, 
under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.