10730. Adulteration and misbranding of enriched flour.    U. S. v. 187 Bags   *   *   *.
(F. D. C. No. 18188.   Sample No. 11744-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   October 22,1945, District of Maine.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about August 16, 1945, by the Chelsea Milling Co.,
from Chelsea, Mich. 
PRODUCT:   187 bags, each containing 25 pounds, of enriched flour at Hiram,
Maine.
LABEL IN PART: "Pioneers Bread and Pastry Flour Bleached Enriched 
*   *   *   Manufactured For Heywood Milk Co.   Jackson, Mich."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), valuable constituents, 
thiamine (vitamin Bi) and iron, had been in part omitted.
Misbranding, Section 403 (g) (1), the product failed to conform to the 
definition and standard of identity as amended for enriched flour. The 
standard requires that enriched flour shall contain in each pound not less 
than 2.0 milligrams of thiamine (vitamin Bi) and not less than 13.0 milli- 
grams of iron, whereas the product contained approximately 0.49 milligram 
of thiamine and 3.79 milligrams of iron per pound.
DISPOSITION : February 14,1946. Seth C. demons Co., Hiram, Maine, claimant, 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be brought into 
compliance with the law, by reprocessing or relabeling under the supervision 
of the Food and Drug Administration.