20361. Adulteration and misbranding of enriched bread.   U. S. v. Tri-City Gro¬
cery Co.   Plea of nolo contendere.   Fine of $500, plus costs.    (F. D. C
No. 34857.   Sample Nos. 62012-L to 62014-L, incl., 62160-L.)
INFORMATION FILED : April 21, 1953, Southern District of Illinois, against, the 
Tri-City Grocery Co., a corporation, Granite City, Ill.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about November 14 and 19, 1952, from the State of 
Illinois into the State of Missouri.
LABEL, IN PART :    "Fred P. Rapp's   Enriched Bread."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect fragments and 
rodent hairs; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the article had been prepared and 
packed under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth. Further adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), valuable constituents, 
thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and iron, had been in part omitted from a portion 
of the article.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements "One-half pound of this 
bread supplies you with at least the following amounts or percentages of your 
minimum daily requirements for these essential food substances: thiamine 
(Vitamin Bt) 55%; riboflavin (Vitamin B0 17.5%; niacin (another 'B' 
Vitamin) 5 mg.; iron 40%" were false and misleading with respect to a por- 
tion of the article since each one-half pound of the bread contained less 
than 55 percent of the minimum daily requirements of the body for thiamine 
(Vitamin Bi), less than 17.5 percent of the minimum daily requirements of the 
body for riboflavin (Vitamin B2), and less than 40 percent of the minimum 
daily requirements of the body for iron, and each one-half pound of the article 
contained less than 5 milligrams of niacin.
DISPOSITION : May 12, 1953. The defendant having entered a plea of nolo 
contendere, the court fined it $500, plus costs.