9043. Misbranding of cottonseed meal.   U. S. . *   *   *   v. United Oil Mills, a Corporation.
Plea of guilty.   Fine, S35 and costs.   (F. & D. No. 8925.   I. S. No. 19806-m.).
On November 11, 1918, the United States attorney for the Western District of Arkan- 
sas, 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-United Oil Mills, a 
corporation, Hope, Ark, alleging shipment by said company, in violation of- the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about November 16, 1916, from the State of Arkansas into 
the State of Kansas, of a quantity of cottonseed meal which was misbranded. The 
article was labeled in part, "Milks Cotton Seed Meal."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department 
showed the following results: Ether extract (crude fat), 5.20 per cent; crude fiber, 
16.82 per cent; and crude protein, 36.20 per cent.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that the 
statements, "Guaranteed analysis * * * Protein £8.62 to 43% Fat 5.50 to 9% 
Crude Fibre 8 to 10%," borne on the tags attached to the sacks containing the article, 
regarding it and the ingredients and substances contained therein, were false and 
misleading in that they represented that the article contained not less than 38.62 
per cent of protein and 5.50 per cent of fat, and not more than 10 per cent of crude 
fiber, and for the further reason that the article was labeled as aforesaid so as to mislead 
and deceive the purchaser into the belief that it contained not less than 38.62 per 
cent of protein and 5.50 per cent of fat, and not more than 10 per cent of crude fiber, 
whereas, in truth and in fact, said article did contain less than 38.62 per cent of protein 
and 5.50 per cent of fat, and more than 10 per cent of crude fiber, to wit, 36.20 per cent 
of protein, 5.20 per cent of fat, and 16.82 per cent of crude fiber.
On May 4, 1919, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf of the 
defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.