21081. Adulteration and Misbranding of dried  buttermilk feed.    17.  S. v.
100 Bags and 100 Bags of Dried Buttermilk: Feed. Default decree 
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 28225. 
I. S. nos. 18569, 18570.    S. no. 6093.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of a product represented to be dried 
buttermilk feed. Examination showed that dried skim milk had been substi- 
tuted in part for dried buttermilk, and that the article contained less than 6 
percent of fat, the amount declared on the label.
On April 23, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 200 bags of dried buttermilk feed 
at Pocomoke, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce by W. G. Slugg, in part from Deerfield, Wis., on or about December 26, 
1931, and in part from Tomah, Wis., on or about February 26, 1932, and charg- 
ing adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: (Tag) "Slugg's Pure Dried Buttermilk Feed 
Manufactured by W. G. Slugg, Milwaukee, Wis. Guaranteed Analysis * * * 
Crude Fat Not Less Than 6% * * * Ingredients: Pure Milk Solids for 
Animal, or Poultry Feed and So Labeled."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a substance, 
dried skim milk, deficient in fat, had been mixed and packed with the article, 
so as to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength, and had been 
substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the following statements on the 
label, "Pure Dried Buttermilk Feed * * * Guaranteed Analysis * * * 
Crude Fat Less Than 6% * * * Ingredients Pure Milk Solids ", were false 
and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was 
alleged for the further reason that the article was offered for sale under the 
distinctive name of another article.
On March 21, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
was entered ordering that the 18 bags of the product which had been seized 
under the libel, be condemned, forfeited, and destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.