19314. Misbranding of laying mash.    U. S. v. Richard F. Owings & ThadŽ
deus C. Owings  (Owings Bros.).    Fleas of guilty.    Fines of $100.
(F. & D. No. 26551.    I. S. No. 18564.)
Samples of laying mash having been found to contain less protein and more 
crude fiber than labeled, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to 
the United States attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
On August 1, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid an information against Richard 
F. Owings and Thaddeus C. Owings, copartners, trading as Owings Bros., 
York, Pa., alleging shipment by said defendants on or about February 2, 1931, 
in violation of the food and drugs act, from the State of Pennsylvania into the 
State of Maryland, of a quantity of laying mash that was misbranded. The 
article was labeled in part: (Sack) " June Bug Laying Mash * * * Analy- 
sis Min. Protein 20%, * * * Max. Fiber 8% * * * Manufactured by 
Owings Bros. York, Pa."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statements, "Analysis Min. Protein 20% * * * Max. Fiber 8%," borne 
on the sacks, were false and misleading, since the said statements represented 
that the article contained not less than 20 per cent of protein, and not more 
than 8 per cent of fiber; 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 20 per cent of protein and not more than 8 per cent 
of fiber; whereas it contained less protein and more fiber than so represented.
On October 19, 1931, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed fines aggregating $100.
ABTSTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.