2857. Misbranding of condensed milk.   IT. S. v. Fred C. Mansfield Co.   Plea ol guilty.   Fine,
*25.   (F. & D. No. 3989.   I. S. No. 17403-d.)
On February 6, 1913, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Wis??
consin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district an information against the Fred C. Mansfield Co.,?
a corporation, Johnson Creek, Wis., alleging shipment by said company, in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act, on November 13,1911, from the State of Wisconsin into the?
State of Illinois, of a quantity of condensed milk which was misbranded. The product?
was labeled: (On shipping tags) ' 'From Fred C. Mansfield Company, Manufacturers?
of Mansfield's Fine Creamery Butter, Johnson Creek, Wisconsin. A. C. Abraham,?
Moline, Illinois." (On barrels) "F. C. Mansfield Company, Manufacturers of Con??
densed Milk, Johnson Creek, Wisconsin."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department?
showed the following results:
Water (per cent)?
     26.09
Fat (by Roese-Gottlieb) (per cent)?
       4. 78
Protein (N X 6.38) (per cent)?
      10. 46
Lactose (by Munson & Walker) (per cent)?
      15. 54
Sucrose, by difference (per cent)?
     40.79
Ash (per cent)?
       2.34
Total solids (by drying) (per cent)?
      73. 91
Milk solids (per cent)?
     33.12
Ratio of proteins to fat?
    1:0.46
Misbranding of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that it was?
labeled as set forth above, when, as a matter of fact, the barrels did not contain con??
densed milk as understood by the trade and public and the contents of the barrels did?
not contain such percentage of total solids and of fat as is required by law, but in fact?
the contents of the barrels were a partly skimmed and sweetened condensed milk?
made from partly skimmed milk.
On June 28,1913, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the information?
and the court imposed a fine of $25.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 10, 1914.