12298. lUisl~ll."n1uHnz c,f cotton,-eed. cake. U. S. -...~. Southl:uul Cotton Oil
Co., a Corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, $100 an(l co:;;ts. (F. &
D. No. 1791G. I. S. No. 10445-v.)
On May 24, 1924, the United States attorney for the Western District of
Oklahoma, ading upon a revort hy the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
district court of the United StatE's for said district an information against the
Southland Cotton Oil Co., a corporation trading at Oklahoma City, Okla.,
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, on
or about January 10, 1923, from the State of Oklahoma into tlle State of
Kansas, of a quantity of cottonseed cake which was misbranded. The article
was labeled in part : " Climax Brand Screened Cracl,ecl Cotton Seed Cake 100
Pounds Net Analysis Protein _____ 43% * * * Southland Cotton Oil
Company Head Office Paris,-Texas."
Analyses of two samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this
department :sl10wecl that t:ie snid samples contained 38.82 per cent and 40.38
per cent, respectively, of crude protein. '
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason
that the statement, to wit, "Analysis Protein _____ 43%," l)orne on the tags
attached to the sacks containing the article, regarding the said article and the
ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and misleading in that it
represented that the said article contained not less than 43 per cent of protein,
and for the further reason that it 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 truth and in fact, it did contain less than 43
per cent of protein.
On June 14, 1924, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.