6448.  Misbranding:  of  cottonseed   meal.    U.   S. , *    *    *   v.  Dixie   Cotton  Oil?
Mill, a corporation.    Plea of gruilty.    Fine, $50 and costs.     (F. & D.
No. 8668.    I. S. No. 19650-m.)
On March 25, 1918, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Arkansas, 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?
Dixie Cotton Oil Mill, a corporation, Little Rock, Ark., alleging shipment by said?
company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about December 4,?
1916, from the State of Arkansas into the State of Illinois, of a quantity of an?
article labeled in part, " Kineda Prime Cottonseed Meal," which was mis-?
branded.
Analysis of a sample of the article, by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment, showed the following results:
Crude fiber  (per cent)?
14.5
Protein   (N x 6.25)   (per cent)?
35.8
Nitrogen (percent)?
_?    5.73
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
the statement, " Guarantee this * * * Cottonseed Meal to contain not less?
than * * * 38.6 per cent of crude protein?not more than 12.0 per cent of?
crude fibre," 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 38.6 per cent of crude?
protein and not more than 12 per cent of crude fiber; and for the further?
reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and 'niislead the pur??
chaser into the belief that it contained not less than 38.6 per cent of crude pro??
tein and not more than 12 per cent of crude fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact,?
it contained less crude protein and more crude fiber than was declared on the?
label, to wit, approximately, 35.8 per cent of crude protein and 14.5 per' cent of?
crude fiber.
On May 15, 1918, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the in??
formation, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
C. F. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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