678S. Adulteration and misbranding of cottonseed meal. V. S. * * * v.?
Clarence Tu. Montgomery (C. L. Montgomery & Co.). Plea of guilty.?
Fine, $100 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 9239.    I. S. No. 3784-1.)
On November 15, 1918, 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
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Clarence L. Montgomery, trading as 0. L. Montgomery & Co., Memphis, Tenn.,?
alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
as amended, on or about February 5, 1916, from the State of Tennessee into?
the State of Maine, of a quantity of cottonseed meal, which was adulterated?
and misbranded. The article was unlabeled but was shipped pursuant to a?
confirmation of purchase which directed shipment of " 38.62 per cent Prot. Cot??
tonseed Meal."
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results:
Nitrogen   (per  cent)?
    5.88
Protein (N x 6.25)   (per cent)?
36.75
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
a substance, to wit, cottonseed meal, which contained 36.75 per cent protein had?
been substituted in whole or in part for 38.62 per cent protein cottonseed meal,?
which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was food in?
package form, and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicu??
ously marked on the outside of the package.
On June 20, 1919, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
J. E. RIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.