10388.  Misbranding of   cottonseed   cake.    U.   S.     *     *     *     v.   Ardmore   Oil 
<fc Milling Co., a Corporation.    Plea of guilty.     Fine, $150.     (F.  &
D. No. 15556.    I. S. No. 11658-t.)
On January 16, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Oklahoma, 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 Ardmore Oil & Milling Co., a corporation, trading at Ardmore, Okla., alleg- 
ing shipment by said company, in violation of the Food' and Drugs Act, as 
amended, on or about January 25, 1921, from the State of Oklahoma into the 
State of Kansas, of a quantity of cottonseed cake which was misbranded.
The article was labeled in part:  " Silo Brand Cotton  Seed Meal  Or Cake 
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Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statement, to wit, " 100 Pounds Net," borne on the tags attached to the 
sacks containing the article, regarding the article, was false and misleading 
in that it represented that each of the said sacks contained 100 pounds net of 
the said article, and for 'the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid 
so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that each of the 
said sacks contained 100 pounds net of the said article, whereas, in truth and 
in fact, each of the said sacks did not contain 100 pounds net of the said article 
but did contain a less amount. Misbranding was- alleged for the further rea- 
son that the article was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents 
was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On March 30, 1922, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $150.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.