13541. Adulteration and misbranding of fancy middlings.    V. S. v. diaries
A.   Krause   Milling:   Co.     Plea   of  sruilty.     Fine,  $50.     (F.  &  D.   No.
17136.    I. S. Nos. 4414-t, 4415-t, 4416-t.) 
On July 28, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Wis- 
consin, 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 Charles A. Krause Milling Co., a corporation, Milwaukee, Wis., alleging 
shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, in various 
consignments, namely, on or about February 11, March 25, and April 14, 1922, 
respectively, from the State of Wisconsin into the State of Ohio, of quantities 
of fancy middlings which were adulterated and misbranded. The article was 
labeled in part: (Sack) " Gain-Mor Fancy Middlings Made From Red Dog 
Corn Flour Wheat Middlings With Mill Run Screenings & Salt Manufactured 
By Chas. A. Krause Milling Co. Milwaukee, Wis."
Examinations of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it contained corn flour, a wheat product, some screen- 
ings, and an appreciable amount of a rye product, and little, if any, wheat 
middlings.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that a mixture composed of ground bran, wheat flour, corn flour, and a rye 
product had been substituted for fancy middlings, which the said article pur- 
ported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, " Fancy 
Middlings," borne on the sacks containing the article, was false and mislead- 
ing, in that the said statement represented that the article consisted wholly of 
fancy middlings, to wit, a product composed exclusively of middlings from 
wheat flour, 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 fancy middlings, whereas it did not so consist but did consist of a mixture 
composed of ground bran, wheat flour, corn flour, and a rye product.
On June 13, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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