9044. Misbranding of cottonseed meal.   U. S.   *   *   *   v. The Union Seed & Fertilizer Co.,
a Corporation.   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $50 and costs.   (F. fc D. No. 8930.   I. S. No. 
19967-m.)
On November 19, 1918, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 Union Seed & Fertilizer 
Co., a corporation, having a place of business at England, Ark., alleging shipment by 
said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about November 28, 1916, 
from the State of Arkansas into the State of Michigan, of a quantity of cottonseed meal 
which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department 
showed a crude fiber content of 15.87 per cent, and a protein content of 31.94 per cent.
Misbranding of the articles was alleged in the information for the reason that the 
statement, to wit, "Guaranteed Analysis Protein 36 to 38.50% * * * Crude 
Fibre 12 to 15.00%," borne on the tags attached to the sacks containing the article, 
regarding the article and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was false 
and misleading in that it represented that the article contained not less than 36 per 
cent of protein and not more than 15 per cent of crude fiber, 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 36 per cent of protein and not more than 15
per cent of crude fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact, it did contain less than 36 per 
cent of protein and more than 15 per cent of crude fiber, to wit, approximately 31.94 
per cent of protein and 15.87 per cent of crude fiber.
On March 21, 1919, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf of the 
defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
E. D. BALL. Acting Secretary of Agriculture.