11022.?Misbranding of cottonseed meal.     U. S. v. American Cotton Oil Co.,
a Corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50. (F. & D. No. 15459. I. S.?
No.  9251-t.)
On April 4, 1922, the United States attorney for the WTestern District of?
South Carolina, 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 American Cotton Oil Co., a corporation, trading at Greenville, S. C, alleg??
ing shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on?
or about October 29, 1920, from the State of South Carolina into the State of?
North Carolina, of a quantity of cottonseed meal which was misbranded. The?
article was labeled in part: " Surety Brand Cotton Seed Meal 100 Lbs. Net?
Made By Union Seed & Fertilizer Co. From Greenville, S. C. Mill."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it contained 34.91 per cent of protein, the equivalent of 6.79?
per cent of ammonia.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
the statements, to wit, " Cotton Seed Meal " and " Guarantee Protein Not less?
than 36.00 per cent Equivalent to Ammonia 7.00 per cent," borne on the tags?
attached to the sacks containing the article, regarding the said article and the?
ingredients and substances contained therein, were false and misleading in?
that the said statements represented that the article consisted wholly of?
cottonseed meal, to wit, a product which contained not less than 36 per cent?
of protein, and that it contained not less than 36 per cent of protein, equivalent?
to 7 per cent of ammonia, and for the further reason that it was labeled as?
aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it?
consisted wholly of cottonseed meal, to wit, a product which contained not?
less than 36 per cent of protein, and that it contained not less than 36 per cent?
of protein, equivalent to 7 per cent of ammonia, whereas, in truth
' and in fact,?
it did not consist wholly of cottonseed meal, to wit, a product which contained?
not less than 36 per cent of protein, but did consist of a mixture which contained?
less than 36 per cent of protein, and did not contain 36 per cent of protein,?
equivalent to 7 per cent of ammonia, but did contain a less amount, to wit,?
34.91 per cent of protein, equivalent to less than 7 per cent of ammonia, to wit,?
6.79 per cent of ammonia.
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On or about September 21, 1922, a plea of guilty to the information was?
entered on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine?
of $50.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.