16842. Adulteration and Misbranding of feed. U. S. v. 250 Saclcs of White 
Feed and Ground Screenings, et al. Consent decree of con- 
demnation and forfeiture.    Products released under bond.     (F. &
D. Nos. 23288, 23289, 23290.    I. S. Nos. 01021, 01022, 01023.    S. Nos. 1409, 
1410,   1411.)
On December 29, 1928,. 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 libels praying seizure and 
condemnation of 250 sacks of white feed and ground screenings, 40 sacks of 
pulverized wheat, and 50 sacks of corn feed meal, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Ashley, Ill., alleging that the articles had been shipped 
by the General Commission Co., from Kansas City, Mo., on or about December 
3, 1928, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Illinois, and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The articles were labeled in part variously: " 100 lbs. Kansas City White Feed 
and Ground Screenings * * * Heart'of America Mills, General Commission 
Co., Distributors, Kansas City, Missouri * * * (Maximum mineral con- 
tent 3%) ;" "100 lbs. Pulv. Wheat;" and "Corn Feed Meal Distributed by 
General Commission Company, Kansas City, Mo. * * ? * Ingredients: 
Ground Corn."
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Food, Drug, and Insecticide Ad- 
ministration of this department showed that they contained calcium carbonate.
It was alleged in the libel that the articles were adulterated in that in 
each instance they contained an article of food and food product in which 
some other article had been mixed and packed and substituted in part for 
the pure article, and which had been mixed in a manner whereby inferiority 
was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Maximum 
mineral content, 3%," borne on the label attached to the sacks containing the 
white feed and ground screenings, was false and misleading and deceived and 
misled the purchaser when applied to a product containing mineral ingredients 
in excess of that amount. Misbranding was alleged with respect to the re- 
maining products for the reason that the statements " Pulverized Wheat" and 
" Ingredients Ground Corn," as the case might be, were false and misleading 
and deceived and misled the purchaser when applied to products containing 
calcium carbonate.
. On January 28, 1929, the Kleinschmidt Produce Co., Ashley, Ill., and the Gen- 
eral Commission Co., Kansas City, Mo.* claimants, having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was sentenced, and it was ordered by the court 
that the products be released to the said claimants upon payment of costs and 
the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned in part that they be re- 
labeled under the supervision of this department.
ABTHTJE M. HTDE, Secretary of Agriculture.