5381. Misbranding of cottonseed meal and (or) cake. U. S. * * * v. 
Mangum Cotton Oil Mill Co., a corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, 
$150 and costs.    (F. & D. No. 7705.    I. S. Nos. 10889-1, 18906-1, 10887-1.)
On January 22, 1917, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
the Mangum Cotton Oil Mill Co., a corporation, Mangum, Okla., alleging ship- 
ment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about 
December 8, 1915, December 21, 1915, and January 14, 1916, from the State 
of Oklahoma into the State of Illinois, of quantities of cottonseed meal and 
(or) cake which was misbranded. The article was variously labeled in part: 
" Sunset Brand Prime Cotton Seed Meal and Cake * * * "; " Silo Brand 
Cotton Seed Meal or Cake * * * "; or " Equity Brand Cotton Seed Meal and 
Cake   *   *    *."
Analyses of samples of the article in each shipment by the Bureau of Chem- 
istry of this department showed respectively the following results:
Crude fiber (per cent).. 
Crude protein (per cent)
Nitrogen (per cent) 
Ammonia (per cent) 
No. 3.
11.7
38.3 
6.12
7.44
In  January  14  and  December  8  shipments  the  product   con- 
tains less ammonia, protein, and nitrogen, and more crude fiber, 
than is stated on the label.   In the December 21 shipment the prod- 
uct contains less ammonia and protein than is stated on the label.
Misbranding of the article in the shipments of December 8, 1915, and January 
14, 1916, was alleged in the information for the reason that the statement borne 
on the tags attached to the sacks, regarding the article and the ingredients and 
substances contained therein, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis : Ammonia 8 to 84% 
(Not less than 8%), Protein, 41 to 43% (Not less than 41%), * * * Nitro- 
gen 64 to 8% (Not less than 64%) * * * Fiber (Maximum) 8 to 10% 
(Not more than 10%)" or "Guaranteed Analysis: Ammonia not less than 8%. 
Protein not less than 41%, Nitrogen not less 64% * * * Crude Fiber not more 
than 104%," as the case might be, was false and misleading in that it repre- 
sented that the article contained not less than 8 per cent of ammonia, not less 
than 41 per cent of protein, not less than 64 per cent of nitrogen, and not more 
than 10 (or 104) per cent of fiber; and for the further reason that it was 
labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief 
that the article contained not less than 8 per cent of ammonia, not less than 
41 per cent of protein, not less than 64 per cent of nitrogen, and not more than 
10 (or 104) per cent of fiber, when, in truth and in fact, it contained less than 
8 per cent of ammonia, less than 41 per cent of protein, less than 64 per cent 
of nitrogen, and more than 10 (or 104) per cent of fiber, to wit, approximately 
7.37 (or 7.44) per cent of ammonia, approximately 37.9 (or 38.3) per cent of 
protein, approximately 6.06 (or 6.12) per cent of nitrogen, and approximately