17343. Misbranding of alfalfa meal. TJ. S. v. Tbe Lamar Alfalfa Milling 
Co. Plea of grallty. Pine, $80. (F. & D. No. 23751. I. S. Nos. 0923, 
014248, 014249, 014250.)
On August 29, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against the 
Lamar Alfalfa Milling Co., a corporation, Lamar, Colo., alleging shipment 
by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act as amended, in various 
consignments, on or about December 13, December 15, and December 24,1928, re- 
spectively, from the State of Colorado into the State of Texas, and on or about 
February 9, 1929, from the State of Colorado into the State of Louisiana, 
of quantities of alfalfa meal which was misbranded. A portion of the article 
was labeled in part: "100 Pounds (Net) Alfalfa Meal Manufactured by Lamar 
Alfalfa Milling Company, Lamar, Colorado." The remainder of the said article 
was labeled in part: "Alfalfa Meal 100 Lbs. Net When Packed Made by The 
Lamar Alfalfa Milling Co. Lamar, Colorado."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statements, to wit, " 100 Pounds (Net)" and " 100 Lbs. Net when packed," 
borne on the tags attached to the sacks containing the article, were false and 
misleading in that the said statements represented that the sacks each con- 
tained 100 pounds net of the article, and for the further reason that the article 
was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the 
belief that the sacks each contained 100 pounds net of the said article, whereas 
they did not, but did contain, in each of a number of said sacks, less than 100 
pounds net of the article. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that 
the article was food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not 
plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package, since each 
of a number of the sacks contained less than represented.
On January 13, 1930, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $80.
AHTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.