22287. Adulteration and misbranding of dried buttermilk feed.    U. S. v.
William G.  Slugg.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $40.     (F. & D. no. 29500. 
I.S. nos. 18569, 18570.    Sample noa. 17781-A, 17782-A.)
This case was based on shipments of alleged dried buttermilk feed. Analyses 
showed that powdered skim milk had been substituted for dried buttermilk 
and that the article contained less fat than declared on the label.
On May 20, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
'district court an information against William C. Slugg, trading at Deerfield, 
Wis., alleging shipment by said defendant, on or about December 26, 1931, 
February 26, June 14, and June 20, 1932, from the State of Wisconsin into the 
State of Maryland, of quantities of dried buttermilk feed which was adulterated 
and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Tags) "Slugg's Pure 
Dried Buttermilk Feed Manufactured by W. G. Slugg, Milwaukee, Wis. 
*    *    *    Guaranteed Analysis   *    *    *    Crude Fat Not Less Than 6%."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
a substance, powdered skim milk, had been mixed and packed therewith, so 
as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had 
been substituted in part for the article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, " Pure Dried 
Buttermilk," and " Crude Fat Not Less than 6% ", borne on the tags, were 
false and misleading, and for the further reason that the article was labeled 
so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since the article was not pure 
dried buttermilk, but was a product consisting largely of powdered skim milk, 
and the fat content was less than 6 percent.
On December 5, 1933, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $40.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.