16336. Adulteration and Misbranding of feed. XJ. S. v. Atlantic Milling 
Co. Plea of guilty. Cine/^O. (F. & D. M(>. 19664. 1. S: "N;os.? 16,60:4J-v. 
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On January 23, 1926, the United States attorney for the. Souitheun Diatrict 
of Georgia, 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 Atlantic Milling Co., a corporation, Augusta, Ga., alleging shipment by 
said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, in two consignments, on 
or about April 22, 1924, and May 14, 1924, respectively, from the State of 
Georgia into the State of North Carolina, of quantities of feed which was 
adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: "Amco Horse 
and Mule Feed Manufactured By Atlantic Milling Co. Augusta, Ga. Guaran- 
teed Analysis,:. Protein 10%, Fat 2% * * * Ingredients: Corn, Oats, Alfalfa 
Meal, Oat Mill by-product, Molasses, % of 1% Salt.'"   ' .       : .        !
It was. alleged in the information that the article was. adulterated in that 
a product which contained, less than, 10 per cent of protein and less than 2 per 
cent of fat, and which contained no whole oats and very little, if any, alfalfa 
meal and which contained undeclared cottonseed meal, had been substituted 
for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that; the statements; to wit, " Guaran- 
teed Analysis, Protein 10%, Fat 2% * * * Ingredients, Corn, Oats, Alfalfa 
Meal, Oat Mill by-product, Molasses, % to 1% Salt," borne on, the tags attached 
to the sacks containing the article, were false and misleading in. that the said 
statements represented, that the, article.\ was composed wholly' of corn, oats, 
alfalfa, meal, oat mill by-product, molasses, and one-half of 1 per cent of salt 
and contained not less than 10 per cent of protein and not less than 2 per cent 
of fnt, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to 
deceive and mislead the purcbaser into the belief that it was cdinposed of the 
said ingredients, and contained not less than the declared amounts of protein 
and fat, respectively, whereas the said article was not composed of the said 
ingredients, but was a product which contained no whole oats and' very little, 
if any, alfalfa meal, and which contained undeclared cottonseed meal, and said 
article contained less than 10 per cent of protein and less than 2 per cent of 
fat, the two consignments containing approximately 8.56, per cent and 8,12 per 
cent of protein, respectively, and 1.10 per cent and 1.85 per cent of fat, 
respectively.
On March 19, 1929, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
AETHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.