S213.  Adulteration  and  misbranding   of  rice   bran.    U.   S.    *   *    *   v.   Levy?
Riee Milling Co., a Corporation.     Plea  of guilty.     Fine, $10.     (P. &
D. No. 9056.    I.  S. No. 8730-p.)
On July 16, 1918, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Louisiana, 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?
Levy Rice Milling Co., New Orleans, La., alleging shipment by said company,?
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 8, 1917, from the?
State of Louisiana into the State of Alabama, of a quantity of an article,?
labeled in part "Rice Bran," which was adulterated and nrisbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results:
Per cent.
Fat?
    7.66
Protein?
   8.84
Crude fiber?
18.40
Examination showed added rice hulls.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that a substance, to wit, rice hulls, had been mixed and packed therewith so?
as to lower or reduce and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had?
been substituted in part for rice bran, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, " Fat?
10.16 per cent, Protein 10.62 per cent, Fibre 16.27 per cent," 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 repre??
sented that said article contained not less than 10.16 per cent of fat, not less?
than 10.62 per cent of protein, and not more than 16.27 per cent of fiber, and?
for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mis??
lead the purchaser into the belief that it contained not less than 10.16 per cent?
of fat, not less than 10.62 per cent of protein, and not more than 16.27 per cent?
of fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained less than 10.16. per cent of?
fat, less than 10.62 per cent of protein, and more than 16.27 per cent of fiber, to?
wit, 7.66 per cent of fat, 8.84 per cent of protein, and 18.40 per cent of fiber.
On June 12, 1920, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 'behalf?
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine, of $10.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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