19503. Misbranding and alleged Adulteration of enriched flour.   U. S. v. 119
Cases, etc.    (F. D. C. No. 33609.    Sample Nos. 30895-L to 30900-L, incL, 
53226-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :    July 28,1952, Eastern District of Missouri. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about May 26, June 10, and July 7, 1952, by the
Wamego Milling Co., from Wamego, Kans. 
PRODUCT:    119 cases, each containing 5   10-pound bags, 175 cases, each con- 
taining 10   5-pound bags, 875 bags, each containing 25 pounds, and 224 bags, 
each containing 50 pounds, of enriched flour at Moberly, Mo. 
LABEL IN PART:    (Bags)    "Enriched * * * Fancy   Family Flour   Bleached."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), valuable constituents 
of the article, namely, thiamine (vitamin Bi), riboflavin, niacin, and iron, 
had been in part omitted from the article.
Misbranding, Section 403 (g) (1), the article purported to be and was 
represented as enriched flour, a food for which a definition and standard of 
identity has been prescribed by regulations promulgated under the law, and
the article failed to e^n^^an- to-such definition- ajad~,st sud.and since the regu- 
lations, as amended, require that .enriched flour shall contain in each pound 
not less than 2 milligrams of thiamine (vitamin Bi), not less than 1.2 milli- 
grams of riboflavin, not less than 16 milligrams of niacin, and not less than 13 
milligrams of iron, whereas the article contained less than those amounts of 
the stated substances.
DISPOSITION : August 29, 1952. The Wamego Milling Co. having appeared as 
claimant, judgment' was entered finding the product misbranded and ordering 
its condemnation. It was further ordered by the court that the product be 
released under bond, conditioned that it be brought into compliance with the 
law, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.
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