Gin Co., a Corporation Plea of gnilty. Fine, $100 and cowls.?
(P. & D. No. 7657.     I. S. No. 19088-1.)
On October 1, 1917, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Mississippi, 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?
Planters Oil Mill & Gin Co., a corporation, Kosciusko, Miss., alleging shipment?
by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about Novem??
ber 17, 1915, from the State of Mississippi into the State of Indiana, of a quan??
tity of an article, labeled in part " Owl Brand High Grade Cotton Seed Meal,"?
which was misbranded.?"??.   -.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it contained 34.9 per cent of protein and 16.6 per cent of?
crude fiber.?
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Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the information for the?
reason that the statements regarding the article and the ingredients and sub??
stances contained therein, appearing on the label, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis?
* * * Protein 41? * * * Fibre Maximum 10? " and " These are mini??
mum guarantees Frequently runs higher," were false and misleading in that?
they indicated to purchasers thereof that the article contained not less than 41?
per cent of protein and not more than 10 per cent of fiber, and for the further rea??
son that the article was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead pur??
chasers into the belief that it contained not less than 41 per cent of protein and?
not more than 10 per cent of fiber, when, in truth and in fact, it contained less?
than 41 per cent of protein and more than 10 per cent of fiber, to wit, 34.9 per?
cent of protein and 16.6 per cent of fiber.
On October 6, 1919, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf?
of the defendant corporation, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.