9781. Adulteration   and misbranding of   barley   feed.     IT.   S.     *     *     *     ¦*- 
Hormel   Milling1   Co.,   a   Corporation.     Plea   of   guilty.     Fine,   $10.
(F. & D. No. 13244.    I. S. No. 10697-r.)
On May 17, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota,, 
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 Hormel Milling 
Co., a corporation, Austin, Minn., alleging shipment by said company, in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about March 26, 1918, from the State 
of Minnesota into the State of Illinois, of a quantity of barley feed which was- 
adulterated and misbranded.
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this, 
department showed that it contained at least 7.5 per cent of weed seeds and 
small grains, apparently barley screenings.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
a certain substance, to wit, screenings, had been mixed and packed therewith 
so as to lower and reduce and injuriously affect its quality and strength and 
had been substituted in part for barley feed, which the article purported to be..
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, " Barley 
Feed," borne on the sacks containing the article, regarding it and the ingre- 
dients and substances contained therein, was false and misleading in that the: 
said statement represented that the article consisted wholly of barley feed, and 
for the further reason that the said article was labeled as aforesaid so as to 
deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it consisted wholly of 
barley feed, whereas, in truth and in fact, it consisted in part of screenings. 
Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article was a mixture 
composed in part of screenings, prepared in imitation of barley feed, and was- 
offered for sale and sold under the distinctive name of another article, to wit,, 
barley feed.
On May 17, 1921, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $10.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.