Louisiana § RS 40:785 - Vitamin content and other ingredients in flour
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 40:785 — Vitamin content and other ingredients in flour, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 40:785. Vitamin content and other ingredients in flour
A. No person shall manufacture, mix, compound, sell, or offer for sale for human consumption in this state any flour unless the following vitamins and other ingredients are contained in each pound thereof:
Not less than 1.66 milligrams of vitamin B1 (thiamin); not less than 6 milligrams of nicotinic acid (also recognized under the name of niacin) or nicotinic acid amide (also known under the name of niacin amide); and not less than 6 milligrams of iron.
B. The department shall change or add to the specifications for ingredients and the amounts thereof so as to conform to the federal definition of enriched flour.
Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 40:785 ("Vitamin content and other ingredients in flour") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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