12115. Misox-anding-  of  cottonseed   meal.     U.  S.   v.   Accidental  Oil  Mills,  a
Corporation.     Plea of g-nilty.     Fine, $25.     (F.  & D.  No.  14743.    I.  S. 
No. 24646-r.)
On July 6, 1921, 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 Acci- 
dental Oil Mills, a corporation, Granger, Tex., alleging shipment by said 
company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about January 21, 
1920, from the State of Texas into the State of Indiana, of a quantity of 
cottonseed meal which was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: 
"Ordinary Cottonseed Meal Manufactured By Accidental Oil Mills Granger, 
Texas Guaranteed Analysis": Crude Protein not less than 43.00 Per Cent 
*    *    *    Crude Fiber not more than 12.00 Per Cent."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of thLs 
department showed that it contained 39.38 per cent of crude protein and 15.36 
per cent of crude fiber.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statements, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein not less 
than 43.00 Per Cent * * * Crude Fiber not more than 12.00 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 they represented that the article contained not less 
than 43 per cent of crude protein and not more than 12 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 43 per cent of crude protein and not more than 12 per cent of crude 
fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact, it did contain less- than 43 per cent of 
crude protein and did contain more than 12 per cent of crude fiber.
On April 16, 1923, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.