30395. Vita Zest medicated  premix.    (F.D.C.  No.  50105.    S.  Nos.  71-477 A,
71-480 A.)
QUANTITY :   10   5-lb. cans and 27   2% -lb. cans at Blooming Prairie, Minn.
SHIPPED : Between 1-30-64 and 3-16-64, from Wessington Springs, S. Dak., by 
Vita Zest Corp.
LABEL IN PART: (Can) "Vita Zest Oxytetracycline (Terramycin) 3.2 grams per 
pound * * * Manufactured by Vita Zest Corporation Wessington Springs 
South Dakota * * * Poultry Sick Chickens-Chronic respiratory disease (air 
sac), Blue comb (nonspecific enteritis), use 2 tablespoonsful to 1 gallon of 
drinking water for 4 days or mix 1 lb. of Vita Zest to 100 lbs. feed for 10 
days * * * Swine For Bacterial enteritis (necro) (scours) use 2 tablespoons- 
ful to 1 gallon of drinking water, slop or milk for 4 days, then 2 tablespoonsful 
to 8 gallons of water for 10 days.   Use 1 lb. to 100 lbs. of feed for 10 days."
LIBELED :    5-5-64, Dist. Minn.; libel amended 6-30-64.
CHARGE: 402(a) (2) (C)—when shipped, the article contained a food additive, 
oxytetracycline, which was unsafe within the meaning of 409, since it and its 
use or intended use were not in conformity with a regulation or exemption 
in that it failed to comply with regulations since the directions for use did not 
provide sufficient oxytetracycline levels for the treatment of chronic respiratory 
disease and blue comb in sick chickens.
The article was alleged also to be misbranded under the provisions of the 
law applicable to drugs as reported in notices of judgment on drugs and devices, 
No. 8199.
DISPOSITION :   7-24-64.   Default—destruction.