5372.?Misbranding of Tip-Top Stock Feed.     TJ. S.    *    *    *    v. Nutriline Mill?
ing- Co., a Corporation.     Pica of s??iltj'.     Fine, $50 and costs.     (F. &
D. No.  10060.    I. S. No.  11676-r.)
On July 28, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western 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?
Nutriline Hilling Co., a corporation, Crowley, La., alleging shipment by said?
company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about May 20, 1918,?
from the State of Louisiana into the State of Texas, of a quantity of an?
article, labeled in part "
' Tip-Top Stock Feed * * * Manufactured by?
Nutriline Milling Company, Crowley, La.," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it contained 4.81 per cent of protein, 1.15 per cent of?
fat, and 25.85 per cent of crude fiber.
Misbranding of. the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that the statement, to wit, "Protein not less than 7.00?, Fat not less than?
2.00?, *' * * Crude Fiber not more than 19.00?," borne on the tags at??
tached 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 7 per cent of protein, not less than 2?
per cent of fat, and not more than 19 per cent of crude fiber, and for the fur??
ther reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the?
purchaser into the belief that it contained not less than 7 per cent of protein,?
not less than 2 per cent of fat, and not more than 19 per cent of crude fiber,?
whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained less than 7 per cent of protein,?
less than 2 per cent of fat, and more than 19 per cent of crude fiber.
On December 16, 1919, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on?
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.