NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2114. (Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.) MISBRANDING OF STOCK FEED. On June 13, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri- culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district an information against the Southern Fibre Co., a corporation, Ports- mouth, Va., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on April 2, 1910, from the State of Virginia into the State of North Carolina of a quantity of stock feed which was misbranded. The product was labeled: "100 lbs Royal Feed. Manufactured by Southern Fibre Company, Portsmouth, Va. Guar- anteed analysis:—Protein 22, Fat 4, Fiber 22, Carbohydrates 52. Ingredients Cotton Seed Meal, Cotton Seed Hulls." Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department showed the following results: Moisture, 8.30 per cent; ether extract, 3.62 per cent; protein, 20.27 per cent; crude fiber, 25.17 per cent. Misbranding of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that the label thereof contained the false and misleading statements that the article contained 22 per cent protein, 4 per cent of fat, and 22 per cent of fiber, when, in truth and in fact, it contained only 20.27 per cent of protein, 3.62 per cent of fat, while of fiber it contained 25.17 per cent. On November 9, 1911, the defendant company entered a plea of nolo contendere to the information and the court imposed a fine of $20, without costs. W. M. HAYS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. WASHINGTON, D. C, December 14, 1912. 71575°—No. 2114—13 o