3 2619. Adulteration ami misbranding of wheat gray shorts and screen- 
ings. TJ. S. v. 166 Saelcs and 337 Sacks of Wheat Gray Shorts and 
Screening's. Consent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product released under bond to  he  relabeled.     (P. & D. No.  731-C.
I.  S. No. 12316-v.     S.  No.  C-4315.)
On* February 25, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Kaneas. 
acting upon a report by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 503 sacks of wheat gray shorts and screenings, at Port 
Scott, Kansas, alleging that the article had been shipped by the Kansas Flour 
Mills Co. from North Kansas City, Mo., on or about January 31, 1924, and 
transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Kansas, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as 
amended. The article was labeled in part: "100 Lbs. When Packed Wheat 
Gray Shorts & Screenings Not exceeding 8% of Screenings. Guaranteed 
Analysis Protein, not less than 16.00% * * * Fiber, not more than 6.5%. 
Licensed and Registered by The Kansas Flour Mills Company, Kansas City, 
Missouri."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that 
ground bran had been substituted in part for gray shorts.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statement on 
the label to the effect that the article contained not more than 6.5 per cent of 
fiber was false, for in truth and in fact the article contained more than 6.5 
per cent of fiber. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the 
article was an imitation of and offered for sale under the distinctive name of 
another article, so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser thereof, and for the 
further reason that it was in package form and the contents were not correctly 
stated on the outside of the said package.
On March 7, 1924, The Kansas Flour Mills Co., Kansas City, Mo., claimant, 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgments of condemnation were en- 
tered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said 
claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of 
bonds in the aggregate sum of $750, in conformity with section 10 of the act, 
conditioned in part that it be rebranded.
HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.