8721. Misbranding of bone meal.    IT. S. v. Riverdale Products Co.   Plea of guilty.
:,   -Fine, S75.     (F. D. C. No. 12586.    Sample Nos. 4733Q-F, 47368-F, 48172-F.)
INFORMATION FILED:   December 1,1944, Northern District of Illinois, against the 
; Riverdale Products Co., a corporation, Chicago, Ill.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   Between the approximate dates of September 22 and Decem- 
ber 15,1943, from the State of Illinois into the State bf Tennessee. 
, LABEL IN PART:   "Chapman's Feeding Special Odorless Steamed Bone Meal."
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (a)  (1), the product contained 
• an added poisonous and deleterious substance, fluorine, which might have 
rendered it injurious to health; and, Section 402 (b) (2), a mixture of phosphate 
rock and bone meal had been substituted for bone meal.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the name of the food, "Bone Meal," borne on 
the label, Was false and misleading since the product consisted of a mixture 
of phosphate rock and bone meal; and, Section 403 (i) (2), it was fabricated 
from two or more ingredients, and its label failed to bear the common or usual 
name of each ingredient. . t ,. ,'.       ; .;. 
-¦;< . ; ? K
DISPOSITION : February 21,1945. A plea of guilty having been entered on behalf 
of the defendant, a fine of $75 was imposed!.