To view the PDF you will need Acrobat Reader, which may be downloaded from the Adobe site . Vitamins are organic compounds required in the diet of humans and animals for normal growth and maintenance of life. Vitamins are essential sources of certain coenzymes necessary for metabolism, the biochemical processes that support life. All known vitamins have been synthesized chemically, and various such synthesized vitamins are manufactured and sold by the defendant and its corporate co-conspirators.
Vitamins are necessary for the normal and healthy growth and development of both humans and animals.
During the period covered by this Information, the defendant was a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Japan, with its principal place of business in Tokyo, Japan. The defendant is engaged in the manufacture and sale of vitamins in the United States and elsewhere. Various corporations and individuals not made defendants herein participated as co-conspirators in the offense charged herein and performed acts and made statements in furtherance thereof. Wherever in this Information reference is made to any act, deed, or transaction of a corporation, the allegation means that the corporation engaged in the act, deed, or transaction by or through its officers, directors, agents, employees, or representatives while they were actively engaged in the management, direction, control, or transaction of its business or affairs. During the period covered by this Information, the activities of the defendant and co-conspirators that are the subject of this Information were within the flow of, and substantially affected, interstate and foreign trade and commerce.