14868. Adulteration and misbranding of dairy feed. V. S. v. Joseph "Wil- 
liam Bell (J. W. Bell Mill & Elevator). Plea of nolo contendere. 
Fine, $100.     (P. & D. No. 21554.    I. S. Nos. 7485-x, 7539-x.)
On October 25, 1926, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
South Carolina, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district an information against
Joseph William Bell, trading as J. W. Bell Mill & Elevator, Spartanburg, S. C, 
alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the food and drugs act, in 
two consignments, on or about April 1 and June 10, 1926, respectively, from the 
State of South Carolina into the State of Georgia, of quantities of dairy feed 
which was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: 
(Tag) " ' Milk—Mo ' Dairy Feed * * * Guaranteed Average Analysis Pro- 
tein not under 17.00% * * * Ingredients Alfalfa Meal, Wheat Bran, 
Wheat-Mill Feed, Oat Feed, Cotton Seed Meal, Corn Feed Meal, Ground Grain 
Screenings, Molasses and Salt * * * From J. W. Bell, Mill and Elevator 
*    *    *    Spartanburg, S. C."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that undeclared substances, to wit, linseed meal and rice bran, had been mixed 
and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its 
quality and strength, and in that a feed containing less than 17 per cent of 
protein and containing undeclared substances, to wit, linseed meal and rice 
bran, had been substituted for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, to wit, " Guar- 
anteed Average Analysis Protein not under 17.00% Ingredients Alfalfa Meal, 
Wheat Bran, Wheat-Mill Feed, Oat Feed, Cotton Seed Meal, Corn Feed Meal, 
Ground Grain Screenings, Molasses and Salt," borne on the tags attached to the 
sacks containing the article, were false and misleading, in that the said state- 
ments represented that the article contained not less than 17 per cent of protein 
and that it was composed exclusively of the ingredients named on the said 
tags, and for the further reason that the said statements were borne on the 
tags so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that the article 
contained not less than 17 per cent of protein and was composed exclusively of 
the ingredients named on the tags, whereas it contained less than 17 per cent of 
protein and was not composed exclusively of the ingredients named on the said 
tags, but was composed in part of linseed meal and rice bran.
On December 14, 1926, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere to 
the information, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.