4705. Misbranding of tankage. II. S. * * * v. The Farmers' Fertilizer Co.,?
a corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, $25 and costs. (F. & D. No. 7139.?
I. S. No. 13529-k.)
On March 24, 1916, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Ohio, 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 Farmers'?
Fertilizer Co., a corporation, Columbus, Ohio, alleging shipment by said com??
pany, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about May 5, 1915, from the?
State of Ohio into the State of Indiana, of a quantity of tankage which was?
misbranded. The article was labeled: (On sack) "100 lbs. Farmers Digester?
Tankage Guaranteed Analysis Protein 60.00? Fat 8.00?. Fiber 4.00? In??
gredients Meat Product Manufactured by The Farmers Fertilizer Co., Colum??
bus, Ohio."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed .the following results:
Moisture (per cent)?
    7.80
Protein (N X 6.25)   (percent)?
44.68
Fat (per cent) __,?
    6. 75
Crude fiber (percent)?
   2.43
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
the following statement regarding it and the ingredients and substances con??
tained therein, appearing on the label aforesaid, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis?
Protein 60.00?, Fat 8.00?," was false and misleading in that it indicated to?
purchasers thereof that the article contained 60 per cent of protein and 8 per?
cent of fat, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid, so as to?
deceive and mislead purchasers into the belief that it contained 60 per cent of?
protein and 8 per cent of fat, when, in truth and in fact, it did not, but contained?
a less amount thereof, to wit, 44.68 per cent of protein and 6.75 per cent of fat.
On May 31, 1916, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the in??
formation, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
CABL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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