4S21.   Misbranding  of  cottonseed  meal.    TJ.  S. v. William  E\ Rapier  et  al.?
(Rapier Sugar Feed Co.).    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $25.     (F. & D. No.
5518.    I. S. No. 13518-k.)
On February 25, 1916, the United States attorney for the Western District?
of Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
William F. Rapier and James L. Rapier, trading as Rapier Sugar Feed Co.,?
Owensboro, Ky., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act, on or about February 1, 1915, from the State of Kentucky into?
the State of Indiana, of a quantity of cottonseed meal which was misbranded.?
The article was labeled: " $50 fine for using this tag second time. No. 6278.?
Net Weight 100 Pounds. Rapier Sugar Feed Company, of Owensboro, K3r.,?
Guarantees this Rapier's Brand Choice Grade Cottonseed Meal to contain not?
less than 7.5 per cent of crude fat, 41.0 per cent of crude protein, not more than?
10.0 per cent of crude fiber, and to be compounded from the following ingre??
dients ; Decorticated Cottonseed.?W. J. Jones, jr., State Chemist. Purdue Uni??
versity Agricultural Experiment Station, Da Fayette, Ind. Not good for more?
than 100 Pounds."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results :
Moisture (percent)?
    8.89
Crude protein (per cent)?
38.19
Crude fiber (percent)?
14.90
Crude fat (percent)?
    6.48
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
the following statement regarding it and the ingredients and substances con??
tained therein, appearing in the label aforesaid, to wit: " Rapier Sugar Feed?
Company, of Owensboro, Ky., Guarantees this Rapier's Brand Choice Grade?
Cottonseed Meal to contain not less than 7.5 per cent of crude fat, 41.0 per cent?
of crude protein, not more than 10.0 per cent of crude fiber," was false and mis??
leading in that it indicated to purchasers thereof that the article contained at?
least 7.5 per cent of crude fat, 41 per cent of crude protein, and not more than?
10 per cent of crude fiber, and for the further reason that the article was?
labeled as aforesaid, so as to deceive and mislead purchasers into the belief?
that it contained at least 7.5 per cent of crude fat, 41 per cent of crude pro??
tein, and not more than 10 per cent of crude fiber, when, in truth and in fact,?
it did not contain 7.5 per cent of crude fat, 41 per cent of crude protein, and?
did contain more than 10 per cent of crude fiber.
On May 1, 1916, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendants, and?
the court imposed a fine of $25.
CAEL VEOOMAN,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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