7034. Misbranding' of meat scraps for poultry. U. S. * * ? v. The Hine 
Brothers  Co., a Corporation.     Flea of g-nilty.     Fine, $25 and costs.
(F. & D. No.  8557.    I. S. No. 20S85-m.)
On January 10, 1918, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, 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 Hine Brothers Co., a corporation, Chicago, Ill., alleging shipment by the 
defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on January 12, 1917, from 
the State of Illinois into the State of Wisconsin, of an article of food, labeled 
in part " Meat Scraps for Poaltry," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed the following result:
Protein  (N x 6.25)   (percent) 
42.4
Misbranding of the article was alleged in that the statement on the sacks 
regarding the article and the ingredients and substances contained in the article, 
to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis: Protein 50 to 55," was false and misleading in 
that it represented that the article contained not less than 50 per cent of protein, 
whereas it contained less than 50 per cent, to wit, 42.4 per cent. Further mis- 
branding was alleged in that the article was labeled as above so as to deceive 
and mislead the purchaser into the belief that the article contained not less than 
50 per cent of protein, whereas it contained less than 50 per cent, to wit, 42.4 
per cent.
On March 23, 1920, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.