6743.   Misbranding: of Blue Ribbon Dairy Feed.     U. S.     *     *     *     v.  Quaker?
Oats   Co.,   a   corporation.     Plea   of   nolo   contendere.    Fine,   $100.
(F. & D. No. 9104.    I. S. No. 9157-m.)
On March 13, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Vermont,?
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 Quaker?
Oats Co., a corporation, doing business at Richford, Vt., alleging shipment by?
Said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or
' about December 1,?
1916, from the State of Vermont into the State of Maine, of a quantity of an?
article labeled in part, "Blue Ribbon Dairy Feed," which was misbranded.
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of .this?
department showed the following results:
Nitrogen (percent)?
,?-?~   3-19
Protein (per cent)?
19.94
Fiber (per cent)?^?
,?13.27
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that the statement, to wit, " Protein 25 per cent, * * * Crude Fiber (maxin?
mum) 12 per cent.," borne on the tags attached to the sacks containing the?
article, regarding it and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was?
false and misleading in that it represented that it contained not less than 25?
per cent of protein and contained not more than 12 per cent of crude 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 25 per cent?
of protein and not more than 12 per cent of crude fiber, whereas, in truth and?
in fact, it contained less than 25 per cent of protein and more than 12 per?
cent of crude fiber, to wit, 19.94 per cent of protein and 13.27 per cent of?
crude fiber.
On June 9, 1919, the defendant company entered a plea of nolo contendere to?
the information, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
J. R. RIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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