4648.   Misbranding   of   " Circle   C   Molasses   Feed."     U.   S.    *    *    *    v.    Cairo?
Milling-  Co.,  a  corporation.     Plea  of g-uilty.     Fine, $10  and   costs.
(F. & D. No. 7026.    I. S. No. 3191-h.)
On February 18, 1916, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against the?
Cairo Milling Co., a corporation, Cairo, 111., alleging shipment by said com??
pany, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about January 2, 1914,?
from the State of Illinois into the State of Florida, of a quantity of " Circle C?
Molasses Feed," which was misbranded. The article was labeled: (On bag)?
" 100 lbs. Circle C Stock?A high grade feed made from corn and oats, their?
products and alfalfa meal and molasses, Cairo Milling Co., Cairo, 111." (Oir?
tag) "100 lbs. Circle C Molasses Feed, made from ground corn and oats their?
products, alfalfa meal and molasses. Guaranteed analysis: Protein 10.50?;?
Fat 2.50? ; fibre 12.00? ; carbohydrates 55.00?, manufactured by Cairo Mill??
ing Co., Cairo, 111."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results:
Moisture (percent)?
    5.84
Ether extract (percent)?
    2.46
Protein (percent)-?
    9.63
Crude fiber (per cent)?
15.06
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that the following statement regarding it and the ingredients and substances?
contained therein, appearing on the label of the tag aforesaid, to wit, " Guaran??
teed analysis: Protein 10.50? ; * * *; fibre 12.00?," was false and mis??
leading in that it indicated to purchasers thereof that the article contained?
10.50 per cent of protein and 12.00 per cent of fiber, and for the further reason?
that the article was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead pur??
chasers thereof into the belief that it contained 10.50 per cent of protein and?
12.00 per cent of fiber, when, in truth and in fact, it did not, but contained a?
less percentage of protein and a greater percentage of fiber, to wit, 9.63 per??
cent of protein and 15.06 per cent of fiber.
On April 3, 1916, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the in??
formation, and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
C. F. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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