6052.  Misbranding of cottonseed meal.     U. S.     *     *     *     v. Union Seed ?ft Fer??
tilizer   Co.,   a   corporation.      Plea   of   guilty.      Pine,   $25   and   costs.
F. & D.No. 8606.    I. S. No.. 20069-m.)
On January 12, 1918, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Missouri, 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 Union Seed & Fertilizer Co., a corporation, doing business at St. Louis, Mo.,?
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
on or about March 20, 1916, from the State of Missouri into the State of Illi??
nois, of a quantity of an article labeled in part, " American Red Tag Cotton?
Seed Meal," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results:
Crude fiber (per cent)?
13.0
Nitrogen (percent)?
    5.81
Ammonia (NHs)   (percent)?
    7.06
Protein (NX6.25)   (percent)?
36.3
The above analysis shows that this product contains less?
nitrogen, ammonia, and protein, and more crude fiber than de??
clared on the label.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the information for?
the reason that the statement, to wit, "Guarantee Ammonia not less than?
7.50 Nitrogen not less than 6.17 Protein not less than 38.55 * * * Crude?
fiber not more than 11.50 Per Cent," borne on the tags attached to the sackjs?
containing the article, regarding it and the ingredients and substances coiv?
tained therein, was false and misleading in that it represented that the article?
contained not less than 7.50 per cent of ammonia, not less than 6.17 per cenjt?
of nitrogen, not less than 38.55 per cent of protein, and not more than 11.50?
per cent of crude fiber, and for the further reason that it was labeled as?
aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the-belief that ijt?
contained not less than 7.50 per cent of ammonia, not less than 6.17 per cent-?
of nitrogen, not less than 38.55 per cent of protein, and not more than 11.56?
per cent of crude fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained less?
ammonia, nitrogen, and protein, and more crude fiber than was declared on?
the label, to wit, approximately 7.06 per cent of ammonia, approximately 5.81?
per cent of nitrogen, approximately 36.3 per cent of protein, and approximately?
13.0 per cent of crude fiber.
On March 5, 1918, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the?
information, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
CARL YBQOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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