7578. Misbranding of cottonseed meal. TJ. S. * * * -v. TJnion Cotion Oil 
Co., a Corpoiation. Plea of guilty. Fine, $lO0. (F. & D. No. 9496. 
I.   S.  No.  9159-in.)
On April 14, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Alabama, 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 
Union Cotton Oil Co., a corporation, Birmingham, Ala., alleging shipment by 
said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about February 
2, 3917, from the State of Alabama into the State of Maine, of a quantity of an 
article, labeled in part " Jersey Brand Cotton Seed Meal," which was mis- 
branded.
Analysis of a sample of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed the following results :
Per Cent.
Nitrogen 
5. 39
Protein (NX6.25) 
33. 69
Crude fiber 
12. 37
Ammonia 
6. 55
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
the statements, to wit, " 38.62 to 41% Protein Guaranteed Analysis Ammonia 
7.50% Protein 38.62% * * * Nitrogen 6.00%," "These are minimum 
guarantees frequently runs higher," " Fiber, maximum 10.00%," borne on the 
tags attached to the sacks containing the article, regarding it and the ingredi- 
ents and substances contained therein, were false and misleading in that they 
represented that the article contained not less than 38.62 per cent protein, not less 
than 7.50 per cent ammonia, not less than 6.00 per" cent nitrogen, and not more 
than 10 per cent fiber, and for the further reason that it was labeled as afore- 
said so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it contained 
not less than 38.G2 per cent protein, not less than 7.50 per cent ammonia, not 
less than 6.00 per cent nitrogen, and not more than 10.00 per cent fiber, 
whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained less protein, ammonia, and nitro- 
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gen, and a greater amount of fiber than was declared on the label, to wit, 
approximately 33.69 per cent protein, 6.55 per cent ammonia, 5.39 per cent 
nitrogen, and 12.37 per cent fiber.
On March 10, 1920, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the 
information, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.