3949. Misbranding oi cottonseed meal.   TJ. S. v. W. Newton Smith.   Wea of guilty.   Fine, $1.
(F. &D.No. 5699.   I. S. No. 27830-6.)
On August 14, 1914, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, acting?
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United?
States for said district an information against W. Newton Smith, Baltimore, Md.,?
alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the Pood and Drugs Act, on or?
about January 22, 1913, from the State of Maryland into the State of Indiana, of a?
quantity of cottonseed meal which was misbranded. The product was labeled: (On?
tag) "$50 fine for using this tag second time.?No. 4861?100 lbs. W. Newton Smith?
of Baltimore, Md., guarantees this Dirige Brand Cottonseed Meal to contain not less?
than 7.0? of crude fat, 41.0? of crude protein, and to be compounded from the follow??
ing ingredients: Decorticated Cottonseed. W. J. Jones, Jr., State Chemist, Purdue?
University Agricultural Experiment Station, Lafayette, Ind.,?Not good for more?
than 100 lbs."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed the following results:
Moisture (per cent)?
    8.88
Ether extract (per cent)?
    8. 33
Protein (per cent)?
 37. 31
Misbranding of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that the?
statement "not less than * * * 41.0 per cent of crude protein," borne on the tag?
attached to the bags in which the article was shipped and delivered for shipment,?
was false and misleading, because, as a matter of fact, the article did not contain 41 per?
cent of crude protein, as represented by said tag, but contained a less amount of crude?
protein, to wit, 37.31 per cent.
On September 29, 1914, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $1.
CARL VKOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., June SO, 1915.
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