13166. Misbranding of meat scrap. U. S. "v. the American Agricultural Cliemieal Co. Plea, of guilty. Fine, S10 and costs. (F. & D. No. 19336. I. S. No. 16015-v.) At the December, 1924, term of the United States District Court, within and for the District of Maryland, the United States attorney for said district, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district ?court aforesaid an information against the American Agricultural Chemical Co., a corporation, Baltimore, Md., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about March 14, 1924, from the State of Maryland into the State of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of meat scrap which was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: " Protox Pure ?Ground Meat Scraps * * -* The American Agricultural Chemical Com- pany AA Quality Guaranteed Analysis Protein 55%." Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- partment showed that it contained 47.42 per cent of protein. Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that the statement, to wit, " Guaranteed Analyses Protein 55%," borne on the sacks containing the said article, was false and misleading, in that the said statement represented that the article contained not less than 55 per cent oi protein, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it contained not less than 55 per cent of protein, whereas, in truth and in fact, it did contain less than 55 per cent of protein, to wit, approximately 47.42 per cent of protein. On March 9, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on be- half of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs. R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.