7841. A&mlier&tioji ami wnibtii-asi tiling of cottonseed meal. IT. S. * * * v. 
Dixie Cotton Oil Mill, a Coirporatioii.. Flea of grtiilty. Fine, $275. 
(P  & D. No  9811.    1   S. Nos. 1548-p, 1540-p, 1530-p, 92fi5-p, 11914-p.)
On August 13, 1919, 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 on or 
about April 27, 1918, May 1, 1918, April 23, 1918, and May 2 and 3, 1918, in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, from the State of Arkansas 
into the States of New York, Illinois*, and Missouri, of quantities of cottonseed 
meal which was adulterated and misbranded. The article in the shipment of 
April 27 was labeled as follows, " Butterfly Meal Guaranteed Analysis 100 lbs. 
Gross-99 Net Protein 38.62 to 41 per cent Fat 6 to 8 per cent Crude Fiber 
8 to 12 per cent Carbohydrates 24 to 2S per cent Made, from Decorticated 
Cotton Seed W. C. Nothern, Shipper, 205-6-7 Riegler Bldg. Little Rock, Ark.," 
and the article in the shipments of May 1, 2, and 3 was labeled as follows, 
" Butterfly Meal Guaranteed Analysis 100 lbs. Gross-99 Net Protein 38 62 per 
cent Fat 6 per cent Crude Fiber 8 per cent Carbohydrates 24 per cent 
Mude from Decorticated Cotton Seed W. C. Nothern, Shipper, 205-6-7 Riegler 
Bldg. Little Rock, Ark." The article in the shipment of April 23 was unlabeled 
but was invoiced as " 7% Cotton Seed Meal "    
Analyses of samples of, the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed the following results:
The article m the shipment of April 23 contained 6 53 per cent of ammonia
Adulteratidn of the article was alleged in the information for the'reason that 
a substance, to wit, cottonseed hulls, had been mixed -and packed with the 
article so as to lower and reduce and injuriously affect its quality and strength, 
and had been substituted in part for cottonseed meal, whieh the article pur- 
ported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information tor the reason that 
the shipment made April 27, 1918, bore the statements, to wit, " Meal," " Guar- 
anteed analysis * * "? Protein 38 62 to 41 per cent * * * Crude Fiber 
8 to 12 per cent," on the tags attached to the sacks containing the article, re- 
garding it and the ingredients and substances contained therein, which state- 
ments were false and misleading, and for the reason that it was labeled so as 
to deceive and mislead the purchaser in that it was represented  that  said
article consisted wholly of cottonseed meal and contained not less than 38.62 
per cent of protein and not more than 12 per cent of crude fiber, whereas, in 
truth and in fact, said article did not consist wholly of cottonseed meal, but did 
consist in part of cottonseed hulls, and said article did contain less than 38.62 
per cent of protein and more than 12 per cent of crude fiber. Misbranding was 
alleged with respect to the shipments of May 1, 2, and 3, 1918, in that the state- 
ments, to wit, " Meal," " Made from Decorticated Cotton Seed," '' Guaranteed 
Analysis :: ;:' * Protein 38.62 per cent '? * * Crude Fiber 8 per cent," 
borne on the tags attached to the sacks containing the article, regarding it and 
the ingredients and substances contained therein, were false and misleading, 
and for the reason 'that it wras labeled ?o as to deceive and mislead the pur- 
chaser in that it was represented that said article consisted wholly of cotton- 
seed meal, and that said article contained not less than 38.62 per cent of protein 
and not more than 8 per cent of crude fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact, said 
article did not consist wholly of cottonseed meal, but did consist in part of cot- 
tonseed hulls and did contain less than 38.62 pel* cent of protein and more than 
8 per cent of crude fiber. Misbranding of the article was alleged with respect 
to the shipment on April 23, 1918, in that the article was a mixture composed 
in part of cottonseed hulls which contained only 6.55 per cent of ammonia 
prepared in imitation of 7 per cent ammonia cottonseed meal, and was offered 
for sale and sold under the distinctive name of another article, to wit, 7 per* 
cent ammonia cottonseed meal. Misbranding was alleged with respect to the 
sliipment of'April 23, 1918, in that the article was food in package form, and 
the quantity of the contents thereof was not plaihly ahd 'conspicuously marked 
on the outside of the package.
On December 22, 1919, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the 
information, and the court imposed a fine of $275.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.