20462. Misbranding of cream meal, wheat flour, and corn flour. U. S. v. 
Scott  County Milling-  Co.    Plea  of guilty.    Fine,  8400  and  costs.
(F. & D. no. 26629.    I. S. nos. 15151, 15152, 15156, 15157.)
This action was based on the interstate shipment of quantities of meal and 
flour in 6-pound, 24-pound, and 98-pound sacks. Sample sacks taken from 
each of the lots were found to contain less than the declared weight.
On October 12, 1931, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, 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 Scott County Milling Co., a corporation, Sikeston, Mo., alleging 
shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about 
March 17, 1931, from the State of Missouri into the State of Louisiana, of 
quantities of cream meal, wheat flour, and corn flour that were misbranded. 
The articles were labeled in part, variously: " The Scott County Milling Com- 
pany The B M M Co. Cream Meal Sikeston, Oran & Dexter, Mo. * * * 24 
Lbs. [or "6 Lbs."] Net Weight When Packed"; "Highest Winter Superior 
Patent Wheat Patent Dexter, Missouri * * * 6 Lbs. Net Weight When 
Packed"; " The Scott County Milling Company The B M M Co. Corn Flour 
*    *    *   Corn Flour 98 Lbs. Net Weight When Packed."
It was alleged in the information that the articles were misbranded in 
that the statements, " 24 Lbs. Net Weight", " 6 Lbs. Net Weight", and " 98 Lbs. 
Net Weight", were false and misleading, and for the further reason that the 
articles were labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, 
since the sacks contained less than the amount declared.
On October 10, 1932, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $400 and 
costs.
R. G. TUGWELI,, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.