20868. Adulteration and misbranding of alfalfa meal.   U. S. v. Arthur Stout.
Plea of guilty.   Fine $200.   (F. D. C. No. 35111.   Sample No. 418-L.) 
INFORMATION FILED:   July 21, 1953, Western District of Oklahoma, against
Arthur Stout, Frederick, Okla. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about January 22, 1953, from the State of Okla- 
homa into the State of Texas. 
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (b)   (2), an article containing 
a mixture of alfalfa meal, Johnson grass, and other weed plants had been 
substituted for alfalfa meal.
Misbranding, Section 403 (b), the article was a mixture of alfalfa meal, 
Johnson grass, and other weed plants, and it was offered for sale under the 
name of another food, namely, alfalfa meal; Section 403 (e) (1) and (2), 
the article failed to bear a label containing the name and place of business 
of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, and an accurate statement of the 
quantity of the contents; Section 403 (i) (1), the article failed to bear a label 
containing the common or usual name of the article; and, Section 403 (i) (2), 
the article was fabricated from two or more ingredients, and it failed to bear 
a label containing the common or usual name of each such ingredient.
DISPOSITION:   August 24, 1953.   The defendant having entered a plea of guilty,, 
the court fined him $200.