13008. Adulteration and misbranding- of cottonseed meal. V. S. v. the 
Buckeye  Cotton Oil Co.     Plea of guilty.    Fine, $100.     (F. & D. No.
17796.    I. S. Nos. 3182-v, 3189-v, 3406-v.)
On April 15, 1924, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against the 
Buckeye Cotton Oil Co., a corporation, trading at Macon, Ga., alleging ship- 
ment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, in various con- 
signments, namely, on or about September 29 and October 25, 1922, and Janu- 
ary 9, 1923, respectively, from the State of Georgia into the State of Florida, 
of quantities of cottonseed meal which was adulterated and misbranded. The 
article was labeled in part: (Tag) "Buckeye Good Cottonseed Meal Manufae-
tured By The Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. General Offices, Cincinnati, Ohio    *    *    * 
Guarantee Protein 36.00%    *    *    *    Ammonia 7.00% Fibre 14.00%."
Analyses of a sample of the article from each of the three consignments, by 
the Bureau of Chemistry of this department, showed that the said samples 
contained 34.50 per cent, 34.25 per cent, and 33.56 per cent of protein, 6.71 per 
cent, 6.66 per cent, and 6.52 per cent of ammonia, and 15.85 per cent, 14.50 per 
cent, and 15.40 per cent of fiber, respectively.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that a product inferior to good cottonseed meal had been substituted for good 
cottonseed meal, which the said article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, to wit, " Good 
Cottonseed Meal " and " Guarantee Protein 36.00% * * * Ammonia 7.00% 
Fibre 14.00%," borne on the tags attached to the sacks containing the article, 
were false and misleading, in that the said statements represented that the 
article was good cottonseed meal, and contained not less than 36 per cent of 
protein, not less than 7 per cent of ammonia, and not more than 14 per cent of 
fiber, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to de- 
ceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it was good cottonseed 
meal, and contained not less than 36 per cent of protein, not less than 7 per 
cent of ammonia, and not more than 14 per cent of fiber, whereas it was not 
good cottonseed meal but was a product inferior to good cottonseed meal, 
and contained less protein, less ammonia, and more fiber than declared on the 
labels.
On April 26, 1924, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
W. M. JAKDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.