7164. Misbranding of    dairy    feed.     U.    S.    *    *    *    v.    International    Sugar
Feed No. Two Co., a corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50 and 
costs.     (F. & D. No. 9798.    I. S. No. 15491-p.)
On May 30, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of Ten- 
nessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against the Interna- 
tional Sugar Feed No. Two Co., a corporation, doing business at Memphis, Tenn., 
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on 
or about February 18, 1918, from the State of Tennessee into the State of Mis- 
sissippi, of a quantity of an article, labeled in part " International Jewel Dairy 
Feed," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed the following results:
Per cent.
Moisture    
? 10. 88
Crude fiber 
21.04
Misbranding of the article was alleged'in the information for the reason that 
the statement, to wit, " Fibre 15%," 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 con- 
tained not more than 15 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 be^ 
lief that it contained not more than 15 per cent of fiber, whereas, in truth and 
in fact, it contained more than 15 per cent of fiber, to wit, approximately 21-04 
per cent of fiber.
On June 27, 1919, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the in- 
formation, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Becretary of Agriculture.