SG52. Misbranding- of cottonseed meal. U. S. * * * v. Corintln Oil & Refiti-?
ing Co., a Corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, $100. (F. & D. No.?
10457.     I.  S. No.  15410-p.)
On October 8, 1919, 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?
Corinth Oil & Refining Co., a corporation, Corinth, Miss., alleging shipment by?
said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about November 30,?
1917, from the State of Mississippi into the State of Michigan, of a quantity?
of cottonseed meal which was misbranded. The article was labeled in part,?
' Farmer Brand ' Straight' Cotton Seed Meal."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the "Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department   showed that it contained 33.94 per cent of protein.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that the statement, "Protein (Guaranteed not less than 3G per ct.) 30 to 39?
per ct.," borne on the tag attached to the sacks containing the article, regard??
ing the article and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was?
false and misleading in that it lepresented that said article contained not less?
than 30 per cent of protein, and for the further reason that the article was?
labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief?
that it contained not less than 30 per cent of protein, whereas, in truth and in?
fact, the article did not contain 30 per cent of protein, but contained a less?
amount.
On April 5, 1920, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf?
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.