Hugo Strotmann is made a defendant on the charge stated below. The defendant joined and participated in the charged conspiracy from at least as early as January 1990 until at least March 1996. 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 BASF and its corporate co- conspirators.
Vitamins are necessary for the normal and healthy growth and development of both humans and animals.
A and E, vitamin B2, vitamin B5, vitamin C, and beta carotene are sold to customers in the human food, pharmaceutical, and animal feed industries. Vitamin premixes are a blend of several vitamins and other products in either dry or spray-on applications. Formulated and sold as additives, these vitamin premix applications are used to enrich human food and animal feed products. During the period covered by this Information, Reinhard Steinmetz was President of the Fine Chemicals Division of BASF, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Germany, with its principal place of business in Lugwigshafen, Germany. BASF is engaged in the manufacture and sale of vitamins and vitamin premixes in the United States and elsewhere.