§ 20-1-73 — Minimum Requirements as to Amounts of Vitamins and Other Ingredients - Cornmeal and Grits

Alabama § 20-1-73

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 20: Food, Drugs and Cosmetics
• Ch. 1: Standards, Labeling and Adulteration
• Art. 3: Bread, Flour, Cornmeal, and Grits

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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell, trade, or offer for sale or trade for human consumption in this state any cornmeal or grits unless the following vitamins and other ingredients are contained in each pound of such product:
(1) Not less than two milligrams and not more than three milligrams of vitamin B1 (thiamine);
(2) Not less than 1.2 milligrams and not more than 1.8 milligrams of riboflavin;
(3) Not less than 16 milligrams and not more than 24 milligrams of niacin or niacin amide; and
(4) Not less than 13 milligrams and not more than 26 milligrams of iron (Fe).
(b) Such products may contain as optional ingredients not less than 500 milligrams and not more than 750 milligrams of calcium per pound and not less than 250 U.S.P. units and not more than 1,000 U.S.P. units of vitamin D per pound.

Legislative History

(Acts 1943, No. 500, p. 470, §3; Acts 1953, No. 815, p. 1097.)