5061.   Misbranding of dairy feed.    II. S.    *    *    *    v. Golden Grain Milling Co.,
a  corporation.     Plea  of  guilty.     Fine,  $50  and  costs.     (F.  &  D.  No.
8291.    I. S. No. 4404-1.)
On July 12, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against the 
Golden Grain Milling Co., a corporation, doing business at East St. Louis, Ill., 
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
on or about January 17, 1916, from the State of Illinois into the State of 
Georgia, of a quantity of an article labeled in part, " Golden Grain Dairy 
Feed," which was misbranded.
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed the following results:
Ether extract (per cent) 
2. 08
Crude fiber (percent) 
20.2
Protein (No.25)   (per cent) 
15.5
These results show that the product contains less fat, less pro- 
tein, and more fiber than, is guaranteed upon the label.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statement borne on the sacks and on the tags attached thereto, regard- 
ing the article and the ingredients and the substances contained therein, to wit, 
"Guaranteed Analysis: Protein 101%, Fat 3$%, Fibre 12%," was false and 
misleading in that it represented that the article contained not less than 16$ per 
cent of protein, not less than 3i per cent of fat, and not more than 12 per cent 
of fiber, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to 
deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it contained not less than 
16i per cent of protein, not less than 3$ per cent of fat, and not more than 12 
per cent of fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained less than the 
amounts indicated of protein and fat and more than 12 per cent of fiber, to wit, 
approximately 15.5 per cent of protein, approximately 2.08 per cent of fat, and 
approximately 20.2 per cent of fiber.
On November 19, 1917, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the 
information, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
GAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.