6&71.  Misbranding of dairy feed.    tl. S.   *    *    *   v. John Wade, John Joseph
"Waste, Thomas M. Wade, Majrtc F. "Wade, and Eageae Wade  (John.?
Wade & Sons).    Pleas of guilty.    Fine, $25 and costs.     (F. & D. No,
94S2.    I.  S. No. 742G-p.)
On February 3, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District?
of Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in th??
District Court of the United States for said district an information against
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John Wade, John Joseph Wade, Thomas M. Wade, Mark F. Wade, and Eugene?
Wade, copartners, trading as John Wade & Sons, Memphis, Tenn., alleging?
shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or?
about April 15, 1918, from the State of Tennessee into the State of North?
Carolina, of a quantity of an article, labeled in part " Wade's 24 Per cent?
Protin Dairy Feed," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results:
Per cent.
Protein  (N x 6.25)?
16.0
Fat?
    3. 6
Crude  fiber?
14.9
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the information for?
the leason that the statement, to wit, "Guaranteed average analysis: Pro??
tein 24.0, Fat 14.0, Fibre (not over) 5.00," borne on the tags attached to the?
sacks containing the article, regarding it and the ingredients and substances?
contained therein, was false and misleading in that it represented that the?
article contained not less than 24 per cent of protein, not less than 14 per cent?
of fat, and not more than 5 per cent of fiber, 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 24 per cent of protein, not less than 14?
per cent of fat, and not more than 5 per cent of fiber, whereas, in truth and?
in fact, it contained less protein and fat, and more fiber than was declared on?
the tags, to wit, 16.0 per cent of protein, 3.6 per cent of fat, and 14.9 per cent?
of fiber.
On April 3, 1919, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.