11053.?Adulteration   and   misbranding   of   dairy   feed.     IT.   S.   v.   Nntriline
Milling- Co., Ijtd., a Corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, $250 and?
costs.     (F. & D. No.  15258.     I.  S.  No.  12780-t.)
On September 26, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Louisiana, 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 Nutriline Milling Co., Ltd., a corporation, Crowley, La., alleging shipment by?
said company in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about November 5,?
1920, from the State of Louisiana into the State of Texas, of a quantity of
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dairy feed which was adulterated, and misbranded. The article was labeled?
in part: "100 Pounds (Net) Special Steam Cooked'Momylk'Dairy Feed * * *?
Manufactured By Nutriline Milling Company Crowley, La."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it contained 10.09 per cent of protein. Examination?
by said bureau showed that the article contained alfalfa, rice bran, a little?
cottonseed meal, and some coarsely-ground peanut shells.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
a substance, to wit, peanut shells, had been mixed and packed therewith so as?
to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had?
been substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statements,?
to wit, " * * * Composed of Rice Bran, Ordinary Cottonseed Meal, Alfalfa?
Meal 30?, Molasses, and Salt \?/o * * * Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein?
not leps than 12.00 Per Cent * * *," borne on the sacks containing the article,?
regarding the said article and the substances and ingredients contained therein,?
were false and misleading in that it was not composed wholly of rice bran,?
ordinary cottonseed meal, alfalfa meal, molasses, and salt, but contained added?
peanut shells, and it did not contain 12 per cent of protein, but contained a less?
amount, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to?
deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it was composed of rice?
bran, ordinary cottonseed meal, alfalfa meal, molasses, and salt, and that it?
contained 12 per cent of protein, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained less?
than 12 per cent of protein and contained added peanut shells.
On February 3,1922, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf?
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $250 and costs.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.