20106. Misbranding of  -wheat   snorts   and   screenings.     U.S.   v.   The  Blair
Milling Co.    Flea of guilty.    Fine, 850 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 28061. 
I.S. Nos. 25006, 25007.)
This action was based on the shipment of quantities of feed, samples of which 
were found to contain less protein and more fiber than declared on the label.
On May 9, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid an information against 
the Blair Milling Co., a corporation, Atchison, Kans., alleging shipment by said 
company, on or about June 10 and June 15, 1931, from the State of Kansas into 
the State of Missouri of two consignments of wheat shorts and screenings that 
were misbranded in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Tag) "Soft Wheat Gray Shorts and Screenings Manufac- 
tured by The Blair Milling Co., Atchison Kansas Guaranteed Analysis Protein, 
not less than 16.00 per cent   *   *   *   Fibre, not more than 5.50 per cent."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statements, " Guaranteed Analysis Protein, not less than 16.00 per 
cent * * * Fibre, not more than 5.50 per cent," borne on the tag attached 
to the bag containing the article, were false and misleading, and for the further 
reason that the article was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead 
the purchaser, since it contained less than 16 percent of protein and more 
than 5.5 percent of fiber.
On August 10, 1932, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.