5364. Adulteration of white groats. U. S, * * * v. Benjamin Kaafwan, 
I>a^rid H. Kaufman, Jacob J£aĞ£matt, and JEwIins Kaufman (Benja- 
min Kaufman & Sons*).    Pleas  of guilty.    Pine,  $25.     (F.  & D.  No.
7873.    I. S. No. 9351-1.)
On May 10, 1917, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New 
York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against Benjamin 
Kaufman, David H. Kaufman, Jacob Kaufman, and Julius Kaufman, copartners, 
trading as Benjamin Kaufman & Sons, New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by 
said defendants, in violation of the Pood and Drugs Act, on November 5, 1915, 
from the State of New York into the State of Rhode Island, of a quantity of 
an article, invoiced as white groats, which was adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it contained approximately 10 per cent of corn.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
a substance, to wit, corn, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to lower 
or reduce and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been sub- 
stituted in whole or in part for white groats, which the article purported to be.
On May 14, 1917, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $25.
OABL VROOMAN Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
Pleas  of guilty.    Fine, $25 aad  costs,     (F.  & D, No.  7875.,    I.  S.  No. 
19870-1.)
On January 6, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
Richard K. Wootten and Edward O. Burton, copartners, trading as Wootten- 
Burton Sales Co,,. Chickasha, Okla., alleging shipment by said defendants, in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about March 14, 1916, from the 
State of Oklahoma into the State of Iowa, of a quantity of an article labeled 
in part: " Choice Cotton Seed Meal or Cake," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed the following results:
Crude fiber (per cent) 
IS. 1
Protein (per cent) . , 
38.8
The results of analysis show that the product contains less pro- 
tein and more fiber than is declared on the label.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the information for 
the reason that the statement borne on the tags attached to the sacks, to wit, 
"* * * Wootten-Burton Sales Co., * * * hereby certifies * * * the 
following chemical analysis: Crude Protein * * * not less than * * * 
41 to 43 per cent * * * Crude Fiber * * * not more than * * * 
10! to 12 per cent," regarding the article and the ingredients and sub- 
stances contained therein, was false and misleading in that it represented 
that said article contained not less than 41 per cent of crude protein and 
contained not more than 12 per cent of crude fiber; and for the further reason 
that the article was labeled as aforesaid, so as to deceive and mislead the 
purchaser into the belief that it contained not less than 41 per cent of crude 
protein and not more than 12 per cent of crude fiber, whereas, in truth and 
in fact, it contained, approximately 38.8 per cent of crude protein, and approxi- 
mately 13.1 per cent of crude fiber.
On April 5, 1917, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.