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| | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | OMB APPROVAL |
| FORM 3 | Washington, D.C. 20549 |-------------------------------|
| | | OMB Number: 3235-0104 |
- -------------- INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF | Expires: September 30, 1998 |
SECURITIES | Estimated average burden |
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(F) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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|1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2. Date of Event Re- |4. Issuer Name and Ticker of Trading Symbol |
| | quiring Statement | |
| Jansen Neal | (Month/Day/Year) | Vita Food Products, Inc. VSF |
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| (Last) (First) (Middle) | 1/16/97 |5. Relationship of Reporting |6. If Amendment, Date |
| |---------------------| Person(s) to Issuer | of Original |
| | | (Check all applicable) | (Month/Day/Year) |
| 6216 St. Albans Circle |3. IRS or Social Se- | X Director 10% Owner | |
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| (Street) | Reporting Person | ---Officer (give ----Other |7. Individual or Joint/Group|
| | (Voluntary) | title below) (specify | Filing (Check Applicable |
| | | below) | Line) |
| | | |X Form filed by One Report-|
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| | | |__ Form filed by More than |
| Edina MN 55439 | | | One Reporting Person |
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| (City) (State) (Zip) | | Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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|1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities | 3. Ownership |4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Owner-|
| (Instr. 4) | Beneficially Owned | Form: Direct | ship (Instr. 5) |
| | (Instr. 4) | (D) or In- | |
| | | direct | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (7-96)
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FORM 3 (continued)
Table II--Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative | 2. Date Exer- | 3. Title and Amount of Securities | 4. Conver- | 5. Owner- | 6. Nature of |
| Security (Instr. 4) | cisable and | Underlying Derivative Security | sion or | ship | Indirect |
| | Expiration | (Instr. 4) | Exercise | Form of | Beneficial |
| | Date | | Price of | Deriv- | Ownership |
| | (Month/Day/Year) | | Deri- | ative | (Instr. 5) |
| |---------------------------------------------------------| vative | Security: | |
| | Date | Expira- | | Amount | Security | Direct | |
| | Exer- | tion | Title | of | | (D) or | |
| | cisable | Date | | Number | | Indirect | |
| | | | | of | | (I) | |
| | | | | Shares | | (Instr. 5) | |
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Neal Jansen 12/19/96
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. ------------------------------- ------
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
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