6003. Misbranding: of cottonseed meal. U. S. * * * v. Brownsville Cot??
ton Oil and lee Co., a corporation. Plea of gruilty. Fine, $250 and?
costs. (F. & D. No. 8434. I. S. Nos. 19857-m, 19860-m, 19862-m, 19863-m,?
19864-m.)
On November 1, 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 district an information against the?
Brownsville
 Cotton Oil and Ice Co., a corporation, doing business at Browns??
ville, Tenn., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, on or about October 18, 1916, October 27, 1916, November 20, 1916,?
November 23, 1916, and December 2, 1916, from the State of Tennessee into the?
State of Kentucky, of quantities of an article labeled in part, " Prime Cotton??
seed Meal," which was misbranded.
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed the following results:
Misbranding of the article in all of the shipments except the one on Novem??
ber 23, 1916, was alleged in the information for the reason that the statement,?
to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis * * * Ammonia minimum 1\? Protein mini??
mum 38.62? * * * Fiber maximum 12?," borne on the tags attached to?
the bags, regarding the article and the ingredients and substances contained?
therein, was false and misleading in that it represented that the article con??
tained not less than 1\ per cent of ammonia, 38.62 per cent of protein, and not?
more than 12 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 it?
contained not less than 7.50 per cent of ammonia, 38.62 per cent of protein, and?
not more than 12 per cent of fiber, whereas, in truth and in.fact, it contained?
less amounts of ammonia and protein and more fiber than declared on the?
tags, to wit, approximately 6.95 per cent or 6.39 per cent or 6.26 per cent or?
6.56 per cent of ammonia, approximately 35.8 'per cent or 32.9 per cent or?
32.2 per cent or 33.75 per cent of protein, and 13.85 per cent or 15.4 per cent?
or 15.95 per cent or 14.6 per cent of fiber as the case might be.
Misbranding of the article in the shipment on November 23, 1916, was alleged?
for the reason that the statement, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis * * *?
Ammonia minimum 1\?, Protein minimum 38.62?, Fat minimum 6?, Fiber?
maximum 12?," borne on the tags attached to the sacks, regarding the article?
and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and misleading?
in that it represented that the article contained not less than 7.50 per cent of?
ammonia, 38.62 per cent of protein, and 6 per cent of fat, and not more than 12?
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 it contained not?
less than 7.50 per cent of ammonia, 38.62 per cent of protein, and 6 per cent?
of fat, and not more than 12 per cent of fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact,?
it contained less amounts of ammonia, protein, and fat, and more fiber than was?
declared on the tags, to wit, approximately 6.15 per cent of ammonia, approxi??
mately 31.7 per cent of protein, 5.75 per cent of fat, and 15.5 per cent of fiber.
On February 4, 1918, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the?
information, and the court imposed a fine of $250 and costs.
CAEL VBOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Aariculture.
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