9493. Misbranding of cottonseed cftlce. U. S. * * * v. Planters Oil Co., 
a  Corporation.     Plea  of  guilty.     Fine, $25  and  costs.     (F.   &  D.   No.
12348.     I.   S.  No.   12029-r.)
On July 17, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Texas, 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 Co., a corporation, Hearne, Tex., alleging shipment by said company, in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about January 13, 1919, from the 
State of Texas into the State of Kansas, of a quantity of cottonseed cake which 
was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it contained approximately 41.50 per cent of protein.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
the statement, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis Protein, not less than 43%," borne 
on the tags attached to the sacks containing the article, was false and mislead- 
ing in that it represented to purchasers of the said article that it contained not 
less than 43 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 43 per cent of protein, whereas, in fact and in 
truth, it contained less than 43 per cent of protein, to wit, approximately 41.50 
per cent.
On March 3, 1921, 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.
C. W. PUGSLEY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.