10117.?Misbranding   of   cottonseed   feed.     U.   S.     *     *     *     v.   Planters   Oil
Co. and Taylor Commission Co., Corporations. Pleas of guilty.?
Fines, $300.     (P. & D. No. 10595.    I. S. Nos. 2882-p, 2884-p, 2895-p.)
On February 28, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of Georgia, 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, Albany, .Ga., and the Taylor Commission Co.,?
a corporation, Atlanta, Ga., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about February 9, 14, and 21, 1918, re??
spectively, from the State of "Georgia into the State of North Carolina, of quan??
tities of cottonseed feed which was misbranded. The article was labeled in?
part, "' Planco' Brand Cotton Seed Feed Manufactured by Planters Oil Co.,?
Albany, Ga.   *    *    *."
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Analyses of samples from the various consignments of the article by the?
Bureau of Chemistry of this department showed the presence of 26.4 per cent,?
26.7 per cent, and 26.1 per cent, respectively, of crude fiber. Examination of the?
said samples showed the presence of 56 per cent, 50 per cent, .and 62 per cent,?
respectively, of what were apparently delinted ground cottonseed hulls.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that the statements, to wit, " Crude-Fiber, (Max.) 22?" and "Made exclu??
sively from High Grade Cotton Seed Meal and Bolted Hull Bran," borne on the?
tags attached to the sacks containing the article, regarding it and the ingre??
dients and substances contained therein, were false and misleading in that the?
said statements represented that the article contained not more than 22 per?
cent of crude fiber and that it was made exclusively from high grade cotton??
seed meal and bolted hull bran, and for the further reason that the said article?
was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the?
belief that it contained not more than 22 per cent of crude fiber and that it?
was made exclusively from high grade cottonseed meal and bolted hull bran,?
whereas, in truth and in fact, it did contain nrore than 22 per cent of crude?
fiber, and it was not made exclusively from high grade cottonseed meal and?
bolted hull bran but was a product containing ground cottonseed hulls.
On September 21, 1920, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on?
behalf of the Planters Oil Co., and the court imposed a fine of $150. On?
October 20, 1921, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf of?
the Taylor Commission Co., and the court imposed a fine of $150.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.