23039. Adulteration and misbranding of Trbeat bran.    U. S. v. Blisb Milling
Co.     Judgment   of  guilty.     Fine,  $50.      (F.   &  D.   no.   32189.     Sample 
no. 68554-A.)
This case was based on a shipment of bran that was found to contain scour- 
ings or screenings and scourings.
On or about July 5, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Blish Milling Co., a corporation, Bey- 
mour, Ind., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and
Drugs Act, on or about October 30, 1933, from the State of Indiana into the 
State of Maryland, of a quantity of wheat bran which was adulterated and 
misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "Woodstock Bran Man- 
ufactured by Blish Milling Company, Seymour, Indiana. * * * Ingredients: 
Wheat Bran."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that screenings and/or scourings 
had been substituted in part for wheat bran which the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " Ingredients: 
Wheat Bran ", borne on the tag, was false and misleading, and for the further 
reason that the article was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, 
since the said statement represented that the article consisted solely of wheat 
bran, whereas it consisted, in part, of screenings and/or scourings.
On October 15, 1934, the case having come on for trial on a stipulation of 
facts after arraignment and a plea of not guilty, judgment of guilty was entered 
and the court imposed a fine of $50.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.