14351. Adulteration  and  misbranding: of white  flour  middlings.    V.  S. v.
New Richmond Roller Mills Co. Flea of guilty. Fine, 8100 and 
costs. (P. & D. No. 19663. I. S. Nos. 21867-v, 21868-v, 21869-v! 21870-v, 
21876-v.
On September 1, 1925, the United States attorney for the Western 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 
the New Richmond Roller Mills Co., a corporation, New Richmond, Wis., 
alleging shipment by said company in violation of the food and drugs act, in 
various consignments from the State of Wisconsin, on or about August 22, 
September 2, 10, and 11, 1924, respectively, into the State of Ohio, and on or 
about August 30, 1924, into the State of Indiana, of quantities of white flour 
middlings which were adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled 
in part: "Doughboy * * * New Richmond Roller Mills Co. New Rich- 
mond, Wisconsin.    100 Lbs.   Fancy White Flour Middlings "
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that a substance, to wit, ground screenings, had been mixed and packed there- 
with so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength 
and had been substituted in part for fancy white flour middlings, which the 
said article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, " Fancy 
White Flour Middlings," borne on the labels, was false and misleading, in 
that the said statement represented that the article consisted wholly of fancy 
white flour middlings, and for the further reason that it was labeled as afore- 
said so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it con- 
sisted wholly of fancy white flour middlings, whereas it did not but did consist 
in part of ground screenings, which were undeclared upon the label.
On March 6, 1926, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture,