F. & D. No. 3025.
I. S. No. 181-c.	
Issued February 6,1913.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE  OF  JUDGMENT   NO.   1900.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBRANDING OF HOMINY FEED.
On February 21, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Western?
District of Missouri, acting upon a report of the Secretary of Agri??
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district?
an information against the Davis Milling Co., a corporation, St.?
Joseph, Mo., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act, on or about September 6, 1910, from the State?
of Missouri into the State of Iowa, of a quantity of hominy feed which?
was misbranded. The product was labeled: "Hominy Feed Manu??
factured by The Davis Milling Co., St. Joseph, Mo. 100 lbs. Hominy?
Feed. Guaranteed Analysis: Moisture 9.85?. Fat 7.70?. Pro??
tein 11?."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of?
this Department showed the following results: Moisture, 8.43 per?
cent; ether extract, 6.45. per cent; protein, 9.81 per cent; crude?
fiber, 5.20 per cent. Misbranding of the product was alleged in the?
information for the reason that the labels thereon were false and?
misleading and deceived the purchaser thereof into the belief that the?
product contained 9.85 per cent moisture, 7.70 per cent fat, and 11?
per cent protein, whereas in truth and in fact the product contained?
8.43 per cent moisture, 6.45 per cent ether extract or fat, 9.81 per?
cent protein, and 5.20 per cent crude fiber.
On March 4, 1912, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty?
to the information and the court imposed a fine of $20, with costs
of $16.51.
W. M. HATS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 81,1912.
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