13089. Adulteration and misbranding of wheat grey shorts.     U. S. \. 500
Sacks of Grey Shorts. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 19392. I. S. No. 18766-v. 
S. No.  C-4570.)
On December 17, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 500 sacks of grey shorts, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Bast St. Louis, Ill., consigned by the Domestic Milling Co., 
Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped from Kansas City, 
Mo., on or about November 29, 1924, and transported from the State of Mis- 
souri into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration and misbranding in 
violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) 
" Wheat Grey Shorts & Screenings Not Exceeding 8% Screenings * * * 
Licensed and registered by The Kansas Flour Mills Company Kansas City, 
U. S. A."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in violation of 
section 7 of said act, paragraph second under food, in that it consisted wholly 
or in part of reground bran, contained excess fiber, and was not grey shorts.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the designation " Wheat Grey 
Shorts " was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and 
for the further reason that it was sold under the distinctive name of another 
article.
On January 21, 1925, the Dixie Mills Co., East St. Louis, Ill., having ap- 
peared as claimant for the property, a decree was entered, finding the product 
liable to condemnation and forfeiture, and it was ordered by the court that 
the said product be released to the claimant upon payment of the costs of the 
proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,600, in conformity 
with section 10 of the act.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.