P. & D. No. 2712.
t. S. No. 8900-c.	
Issued January 10, 1912,
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1223.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBRANDING OF COTTONSEED MEAL.
At the April term of the United States District Court for the?
Southern District of Ohio the United States Attorney, acting upon?
a report of the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in said court informa??
tion against the Buckeye Cotton Oil Co., a corporation, alleging?
shipment by it, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about?
December 14, 1910, from the State of Ohio into the State of Maine,?
of a quantity of cottonseed meal, which was misbranded. The?
product was labeled: " 100 pounds net Buckeye Prime Cotton Seed?
Meal. Manufactured by the Buckeye Cotton Oil Company, Gen??
eral Offices, Cincinnati, Ohio. Guaranteed protein 39 to 41 per?
cent; Fat 6.50 to 7 per cent; Crude Fiber 8 to 10 per cent."
Analysis of a sample of said product made by the Bureau of?
Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture, showed?
it to consist of nitrogen 5.47 per cent; protein, 34.21 per cent; fats,?
6.40 per cent. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that said?
product was represented to contain 39 to 41 per cent protein, when?
in fact it contained 34.21 per cent, and further because said product?
was represented to be "prime," when said product was not of that?
character, and therefore the label bearing aforesaid statements re??
garding the article and the ingredients and substances contained?
therein was false and misleading.
On September 25, 1911, the defendant corporation entered a plea?
of guilty and was fined $10 and costs.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November ?9, 1911.
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