21759. Misbranding of Peerless Milk Ration.    U. S. v. Arcady Farms Mill¬
ing  Co.     Plea of guilty.     Fine, $200.     (F.  & D.  no.   29360.     I.S.  no. 
18368.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of a feed which purported to 
bear on the label a correct declaration of all ingredients. Examination showed 
that the article contained no linseed oil meal, one of the labeled ingredients, and 
did contain oat hulls, an undeclared ingredient.
On December 13, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Arcady Farms Milling Co., a cor- 
poration, Chicago, Ill., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 23, 1930, from the State of Illinois 
into the State of Kentucky, of a quantity of Peerless Milk Ration that was 
misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "Peerless Milk Ration 
Made by Arcady Farms Milling Co. Chicago, Ill."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statements on the label, " Made From: Cottonseed Meal, Old Process Lin- 
seed Oil Meal, Corn Gluten Feed, Wheat Bran, Dried Brewers' Grains from 
Barley Malt and Corn, 20% Ground and Bolted Grain Screenings containing 
50% Weed Seeds, Molasses, Salt %%", were false and misleading, and for the 
further reason that the article was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the 
purchaser, since the said statements represented that the article was composed 
exclusively of the ingredients named on the label, whereas it was not, since it 
contained no old process linseed oil meal, one of the declared ingredients, and 
did contain added oat hulls, an ingredient which was not declared.
On December 13, 1933, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $200.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.