6214. Misbranding? of cottonseed meal or cake. V. S. * * * v. Hollis?
Cotton Oil, liignt & Ice Co., a corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine,?
?50 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 8818.    I. S. No. 10732-m.)
On April 1, 1918, 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?
Hollis Cotton Oil, Light & Ice Co., a corporation, Hollis, Okla, alleging ship??
ment by'isaid company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about?
December 14, 1916, from the State of Oklahoma into the State of Kansas, of?
a quantity of an article labeled in part, " Choice Cotton Seed Meal or Cake,"?
which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results:
Fat (per cent)?
   5.46
Crude fiber (per cent)?
14.7
Protein (NX6.25)   (per cent)?
36.2
The product contains less protein,  less  fat,  and  more  crude?
liber than declared on the label.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
the statement, " Crude Protein not less than 41 per cent, Crude Fat not less?
than 6 per cent, Crude Fiber not more than 10J per cent," borne on the label,?
legarding the article and the ingredients and substances contained therein?
was false and misleading in that it represented that the article contained?
not less than 41 per cent of crude protein, not less than 6 per cent of crude?
fat, and not more than 101 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 it contained not less than 41 per cent of crude protein, not?
less than 6 per cent of crude fat, and not more than 10| per cent of crude?
liber, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained less crude protein and crude?
fat and more crude fiber than was declared on the label, to wit, approximately?
86 per cent of crude protein, 5.46 per cent of crude fat, and 14.7 per cent of?
crude fiber.
On May 6, 1918, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the in??
formation, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
G. I. CHKISTIE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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