80948. Adulteration and misbranding of feeding oatmeal.    J. S. v. George FredŽ
erick   Obrecht   (P.   Fred   Obrecht  A   Son  and  The  Hood   Mills   Co.). 
Plea of guilty.     Fine,  $5 and  costs.     (F. & D.  No.  42755.    Sample No. 
5321-D.)
A mixture consisting almost entirely of wheat and rice products and containing 
little, if any, oat products was substituted for this product.
On September 28, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court an information against George Frederick Obrecht, trading as P. Fred'k 
Obrecht & Son and the Hood Mills Co., at Baltimore, Md., alleging shipment in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act within the period from on or about January 
13 to on or about March 24, 1939, from the State of Maryland into the State of 
Virginia, of a quantity of fine ground feeding oatmeal which was adulterated 
and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: "Manufactured for J. A. For- 
rest Company Minneapolis, Minn.
It was alleged to be adulterated in that a mixture consisting almost entirely 
of wheat and rice products and containing little, if any, oat products, had been 
substituted for fine ground feeding oatmeal, which It was represented to be.
Misbranding was alleged in that the statement "Fine Ground Feeding Oat- 
meal," borne on the tags, was false and misleading, and by reason of the said 
statement the article was labeled and branded so as to deceive and mislead 
the purchaser.   It was alleged to be misbranded further in that it was prepared
in imitation of fine ground feeding oatmeal and was offered for sale and was 
sold under the distinctive name of another article.
On October 10, 1939, a plea of guilty was entered and the court imposed a 
fine of $5 and costs.
GBOVER B. HILL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.