18843. Adulteration and Misbranding of meat meal. IT. S. ~v. Mutual Ren- 
dering: Co. (Inc.). Plea of gruilty. Fine, $250. (F. & D. No. 25727. 
I. S. No. 028312.)
Samples of meat meal having been found to contain less protein than declared 
on the label, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United 
States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
On June 1, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of the 
United States for the district aforesaid an information against the Mutual 
Rendering Co. (Inc.), a corporation, trading at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging ship- 
ment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about April 
1, 1930, from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of New Jersey, of a 
?quantity of meat meal which was adulterated and misbranded. The article was 
labeled in part: " 100 Lbs. 55% Mureco Meat Meal Guaranteed Analysis Protein 
Min. 55%    *    *    *   Manufactured by Mutual Rendering Co., Philadelphia, Pa."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that a 
substance, meat meal containing less than 55 per cent of protein, had been 
substituted for meat meal containing not less than 55 per cent of protein, which 
the said article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, to wit, " 55% 
Mureco Meat Meal, Guaranteed Analysis Protein Min. 55%," borne on the bags 
containing the article, were false and misleading in that the said statements 
represented that the article contained not less than 55 per cent of protein; 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 not less than 55 per cent 
of protein, whereas it contained less than 55 per cent of protein.
On September 29, 1931, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $250.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.