30727. Misbranding of wheat gray shorts and screenings.     U. S.  v. Charles B.
Stout   (Majestic   Flour   Mill).     Plea   of   nolo   contendere.     Fine,   $50.
(F. & D. No. 42721.   Sample No. 3912-D.)
This product contained a smaller proportion of crude protein than that 
declared on the tag.
On June 7, 1939, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
district court an information against Charles B. Stout, trading as Majestic 
Flour Mill, Aurora, Mo., alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act on or about November 18, 1938, from the State of 
Missouri into the State of Texas, of a quantity of wheat gray shorts and screen- 
ings that were misbranded.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement, "Crude 
Protein not less than 17 per cent," borne on the tag, was false and misleading, 
and was borne on the tag so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since 
it contained less than 17 percent, namely, not more than 15.50 percent, of 
crude protein.
On June 12, 1939, the defendant having entered a plea of nolo contendere, 
the court imposed a fine of $50.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.