5601. Misbranding- of gluten feed. V. S. * * * v. Samuel Woolner, Alfred 
C. Woolner, and William B. Woolner (Continental Cereal Co.). 
Plea of guilty. Fine, $100 and costs. (F. & D. No. 6558. I. S. No. 
27825-e.)
On April 25, 1916, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report 1)3' the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United Sates for said district an information against 
Samuel Woolner, Alfred C. Woolner, and William B. Woolner, trading as 
Continental Cereal Co., Peoria, Ill., alleging shipment by said defendants, in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 31, 1912, from the 
State of Illinois into the State of Indiana, of a quantity of an article labeled 
in part, " Continental Gluten Feed * * * manufactured by Continental 
Cereal Company, Peoria, Illinois," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed the following results:
Protein (per cent) 
25.16
Ether extract (crude fat)   (percent) 
9.22
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
the statements borne on the bags, to wit, " Protein 29% Minimum " and " Fat 
12.5 % Minimum," were false and misleading in that they represented that said 
article contained not less than 29 per cent of protein and not less than 12.5 
per cent of fat, 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 29 per cent of protein and not less than 12.5 per cent of fat, whereas, 
in truth and in fact, it did not, but contained a less amount, to wit, 25.16 per 
cent of protein and 9.22 per cent of fat.
On October 18, 1916, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.