I. S. No. 23121-a.
F. <fe D. No. 791.	
Issued June 28,1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 432, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION  AND  MISBRANDING   OF  "SUCRENE  DAIRY   FEED."
On or about February 22, 1909, the American Milling Company, a?
corporation under the laws of New Jersey and doing business at Peo??
ria, 111., shipped from the State of Illinois to the State of Iowa a quan??
tity of stock feed. Samples from this shipment were procured and?
examined by the Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of?
Agriculture, and as the findings of the analyst and report made thereon?
indicated that the product was adulterated and misbranded within?
the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the said?
American Milling Company, and the party from whom the samples?
were procured, were afforded opportunities for hearings. As it ap??
peared after hearings held that the shipment was made in violation?
of the act, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to the?
Attorney-General, with a statement of the evidence upon which to?
base a prosecution.
In due course a criminal information was filed in the District Court?
of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois charging the?
above shipment and that said product, which was labeled '' 100 pounds?
American Milling Company, Chicago, 111. Sucrene Dairy Feed, Pro??
tein 16.50?, Fat 3.50?, Fibre 12?, made from cottonseed meal,?
wheat feed, corn, oats and molasses. Mfg. at Peoria, 111.," was adul??
terated in that said product contained weed seeds and chaff mixed and?
packed with it so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its?
quality and strength, and that said weed seeds and chaff were sub??
stituted in part for the ingredients which said label represented as?
composing said product; and further charging that the product in?
question was misbranded in that the label above quoted was false and?
misleading and would deceive and mislead the purchaser, as it pur??
ported to contain a full statement of all the ingredients then and there
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contained in said article of food, when as a matter of fact weed seeds?
and chaff were contained therein and unlawfully omitted from said?
label.
This case, coming on for trial, was presented to the judge of said?
court without the intervention of a jury and the defendant was found?
guilty and fined $20 and costs.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs
Act of June 30, 1906.
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 23, 1910.
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