Legal Opinion
United States v. Vitek Supply Corporation and Jannes Doppenberg
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 14, 1998No. 97-1254, 97-1255 & 97-1498PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Vitek Supply Corporation manufactured “premixes” for veal calves—that is, mixtures that feed companies and livestock growers add to animal feed. Certain premixes contained elenbuterol, avoparcine, zinc bacitracin or various nitrofurans. Some of these substances promote growth and increase meat-to-fat ratios; others treat and prevent scours (diarrhea). And they are all unapproved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), either for use in food-producing animals generally or veal calves specifically. Several of the drugs are carcinogens; one may lead to acute poisoning in…
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