13599. Adulteration and misbranding1 of horse and male feed. IT. S. v. 
Chas. A. Kranse Milling Co.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $200.     (F. & D.
No. 19277.    I.  S. No. 12631-v.)
On January 6, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
Chas. A. Krause Milling Co., a corporation, Milwaukee, Wis., alleging shipment 
by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about April 10, 
1924, from the State of Wisconsin into the State of Maryland, of a quantity 
of horse and mule feed which was adulterated and misbranded. The article 
was labeled in part: (Tag) " K-0 Horse And Mule Feed Protein 10% Fat 
2%    *    *    *    Mfd. by Chas. A. Krause Milling Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that the said sample contained 7.77 per cent of protein 
and 1.55 per cent of ether extract or fat. v
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that a substance deficient in protein and fat had been substituted for an 
article having a protein content of 10 per cent and a fat content of 2 per cent, 
which the said article purported to be, and for the further reason that a sub- 
stance deficient in protein and fat had been mixed and packed therewith so as 
to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, to wit, "Horse 
And Mule Feed Protein 10% Fat 2%," borne on the label, were false and 
misleading, in that the said statements represented that the article contained 
10 per cent of protein and 2 per cent of fat, 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 10 per cent of protein and 2 per cent of fat, whereas 
it contained less protein and less fat than declared on the label.
On June 13, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $200.
R. W. DTJNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.