81001. Adulteration and misbranding of wheat brown shorts and screenings. 
V. S. v. Commander-Larabee Milling; Co. (Larabee Flour Mills Co.). 
Plea of guilty.     Fine, $50.     (F. & D. No. 42788.    Sample No. 5982-D.)
Wheat mixed feed and screenings had been substituted for wheat brown shorts 
and screenings and contained more crude fiber than the amount declared on 
the label.
On January 8, 1940, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed an information 
against the Commander-Larabee Milling Co., trading as the Larabee Flour Mills 
Co., Kansas City, Mo., alleging shipment by said defendant on or about May 29, 
1939, from the State of Missouri into the State of Texas of a quantity of wheat 
brown shorts and screenings that were adulterated and misbranded.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that wheat mixed feed and screen- 
ings had been substituted in whole or in part for wheat brown shorts and 
screenings.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements borne on the tags 
"Wheat Brown Shorts & Screenings" and "Crude Fibre, not more than 7.50%," 
were false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since 
the article consisted of wheat mixed feed and screenings and contained not less 
than 8.39 percent of crude fiber.
On January 25, 1940, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and the court imposed a fine of $50.
GBOVEB B. HILL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.