10665.?Ad'nlteraiidn a"nd misbranding*'of rye'nrfadlingd.     If. S.     *     *     **     v.
Globe Milling Co., a corporation.    'Plea'of nolo contendere.    Fine,?
$25 and costs.    (F. & D. No. 14051.    I. S. No.' 24635.)
On April 14, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Wisconsin, 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?
Globe Milling Co., a corporation, Watertown, Wis., alleging shipment by said?
company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 31, 1919,?
from the State of Wisconsin into the State of Indiana, of a quantity of rye?
middlings which was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in?
part, " * * * Globe Rye Middlings * * * Globe Milling Co. Watertown,?
Wisconsin "
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed it to be rye shorts, containing approximately 10 per cent of?
extraneous material, which appeared to be from screenings and scourings.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that certain substances, to wit, weed seeds and straw, had been mixed and?
packed therewith so as to lower and reduce and injuriously affect its quality?
and strength and had been substituted in part for rye middlings, which the?
said article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, " Bye?
Middlings," borne on the tags attached to the sacks containing the article, re??
garding the said article and the ingredients and Substances contained therein,?
was false and misleading in that it represented that the ar1 icle consisted wholly?
of rye middlings, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so?
as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it consisted wholly?
of rye middlings, whereas, in truth and in fact, it did not so Consist, but did?
consist in part of weed seeds and straw.
On March 13, 1921, a plea of nolo contendere to the information was entered?
on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and?
costs.
C. W. PUGSUEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.