29608. Adulteration of wheat gray shorts and screenings.    IT. S. v. The General
Mills, Inc. (The Red Star Milling Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, 8100 
and costs.    (F. & D. No. 42547.    Sample No. 3905-D.)
This product was represented to be wheat gray shorts and screenings, but 
consisted in whole or in part of wheat brown shorts and screenings.
On July 20, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of Arkansas, act- 
ing upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court
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an Information against General Mills., Inc., trading as the Red Star Milling 
Co., Wichita, Kans., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about December 13, 1937, from the State of Kansas 
into the State of Texas, of a quantity of wheat gray shorts and screenings 
that were adulterated. The article was labeled in part: "Red Star Wheat 
Gray Shorts & Screenings."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that wheat brown shorts and screenings 
had been substituted in whole or in part for wheat gray shorts and screenings, 
which it purported to be.
On September 22, 1938, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf on the defend- 
ant and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.