lH>775, Misbrand'ing o-1' co-tton-see'il ·nreal. <U, 'S. -• • • •• -J-Ohu B. l.m:nier,
'Edcwin B. L-amieor, Bind ;BroW".n H. 'LanieT (;Lanier Bros.). Pleas of
guilty. Fine, $50 and eos1'8. (·F. & D. No. @@64.' I. ,S. No. 9165-1.)
On Apr:U 28, 1917, the United States attorney for the Western District of
Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
District Court of the United States 'for said di-strict an information against
John R. Lanier, Edwin B. Lanier, and Brown H. Lanier, trading as Lanier
Bros., Nashville, Tenn., alleging shipment by sai-d defendants, in violation of
the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about September 28, 1915, from ihe
State of Tennessee into the State of New Hampshire, of a quantity of an article
labeled in part, ~'Jersey Brand Cottonseed Meal," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this flepartmeut
showed the followfag r~sults:
Crude fiber (per cent)__________ _ ___ 13 . .22
Protein (N x 6..25) (per cent) ___________________________ 37.J.9
Lower in protein and higher in crude fiber than stated on the
label.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that
the following statements regarding the article and the ingredients and substances
contained therein, appearing on the lab~ to wit, "Protein 38.62%
~ * * Crude Fiber (maximum 10% )," were false and misleading in that
they represented to purchasers that said article contained not less than 38.132
per cent protein and not more than 10 per cent of fiber; and for the further
reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mis1eaa purchasers
into the belief that it contained not less than 38.62 per cent protein and not more
than 10 per cent fiber, when, in truth and in fact, it contained less than 38.62
per cent protein and more than 10 per cent fiber ; and for the further reasou.
that said article consisted of food in package form, and the quantity of the contents
was not p1ainly or conspicuously marked on the outside of the package in
terms of w-eight, measure, or numerical count.
On .Tune 11, 1917, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information,
and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretarv of Agriculture