9944. Misbranding of  Green  Cross  horse  feed.     U.   S.     *     *      *     v.  Quaker
Oats  Co.,   a  Corporation.     Plea  of  guilty.     Fine,  $50.     (F.  &   D.   No.
14535.    I. S. No. 11163-r.)
On April 29,1921, 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 Quaker Oats 
Co., a corporation, trading at Morris, Ill., alleging shipment by said company, 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about April 8, 1920, from the 
State of Illinois into the State of Mississippi, of a quantity of Green Cross 
horse feed which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it contained 8.78 per cent of protein and 2.35 per cent of fat.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
the statement, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein 10.00% Crude 
Fat 2.5%," borne on the label printed on the sacks containing the said article, 
regarding the article and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was 
false and misleading in that it represented that the said article contained not 
less than 10 per cent of crude protein and not less than 2.5 per cent of crude
fat, 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 
10 per cent of crude protein and not less than 2.5 per cent of crude fat, whereas, 
in truth and in fact, the said article did contain less than 10 per cent of crude 
protein and less than 2.5 per cent of crude fat.
On June 24, 1921, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.