660S.  Misbranding of cottonseed meal or cake.    V. S.    *    *    *   v.   Sherman?
Oil   Mill,   a   corporation.    Plea   of   guilty.    Fine,   $50   and    costs.
(F. & D. No. 8076.    I. S. No. 19984-1.)
On October 10, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against the?
Sherman Oil Mill,.a corporation, Sherman, Tex., alleging shipment by said com??
pany, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about December 31, 1915,?
from the State of Texas into the State of Michigan, of a quantity of an article?
labeled in part, " Cottonseed 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:
Crude fiber (per cent)?
10.9
Crude protein (per cent)?
39.3
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
the statement, to wit, " * * * Guaranteed Analysis Protein 43 to 45? * *?*?
Crude Fibre 9? * * *," 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?
43 per cent of protein and not more than 9 per cent of crude fiber; and for?
the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mis??
lead the purchaser into the belief that it contained not less than 43 per cent?
of protein, and not more than 9 per cent of crude fiber, whereas, in truth and?
in fact, it contained less than 43 per cent of protein, and more than 9 per cent?
of crude fiber, to wit, approximately 39.3 per cent of protein, and approximately?
10.9 per cent of crude fiber.
On February 11^ 1919, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the?
information, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
C. F. MAKMN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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