V. & D. No. 1496.
I. S. No. 8641-b.	
Issued March 8, 1911.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 758, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
MISBRANDING OF COTTONSEED MEAL.
On or about October 20, 1909, the J. Lindsay Wells Company, a?
corporation, Memphis, Tenn., shipped from the State of Tennessee?
into the State of Indiana a consignment of cottonseed meal labeled?
as follows: " J. Lindsay Wells Co., Memphis, Tenn. Star Brand?
Choice Finely Ground Cotton-seed Meal. Guar. Analysis: Am??
monia not under 8?, Nitrogen not under 6??, Protein not under?
41?, Oil and Fat not under 9?, Crude Fiber 7?. J. Lindsay?
Wells Co., Memphis, Tenn., guarantees this Star Brand Cotton-seed?
Meal to contain not less than 9? of Crude Fat, 41? of Protein, and?
to be compounded from the following ingredients: Cotton-seed?
Product . . ." Samples from this shipment were procured and?
analyzed by the Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of?
Agriculture, and the product was found to contain 9.87 per cent?
moisture, 6.93 per cent ether extract, 39.88 per cent protein, and?
11.05 per cent crude fiber. As it appeared from the above analysis?
and report made that the product was misbranded within the mean??
ing of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of?
Agriculture afforded the said J. Lindsay Wells Company, Incor??
porated, and the party from whom the samples were procured oppor??
tunities for hearings. As it appeared after hearings held that the?
shipment was made in violation of the act, the Secretary of Agri??
culture reported the facts to the Attorney-General with a statement?
of the evidence upon which to base a prosecution.
In due course a criminal information was filed in the Circuit Court?
of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee against?
the said J. Lindsay Wells Company, Incorporated, charging the?
above shipment and alleging that the product so shipped was mis-?
branded in that the label thereon represented that the said cotton??
seed meal contained not less than 9 per cent of crude fat and not more?
than 7 per cent of crude fiber, whereas in truth and in fact the said?
product did not contain 9 per cent of crude fat and did contain?
more than 7 per cent of crude fiber.
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On December 3, 1910, the defendant pleaded guilty to the above?
information and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 7, 1911.
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