13021. Misbranding of cottonseed" meal.    V.  S. v. Central Oil & Fertiliser
Co.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, SIOO.    (F. & D. No. 17532.    I. S. Nos. 3194-v, 
3251-v.)
On December 10, 1923, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Georgia, 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 
Central Oil & Fertilizer Co., a corporation, Macon, Ga., alleging shipment by 
said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, in two consignments, 
namely, on or about October 31 and November 27, 1922, respectively, from the 
State of Georgia into the State of Florida, of quantities of cottonseed meal 
which was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "Prosperity 
Brand Cottonseed Meal * * * Manufactured By Central Oil & Fertilizer 
Co. Home OfQce, Macon,.Georgia."
Analyses by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of a sample from 
each of the consignments showed that the said samples contained 33.81 per 
cent and 33.23 per cent of protein, equivalent to 6.58 per cent and 6.46 per 
cent of ammonia, and 14.32 per cent and 16.72 per cent of crude fiberr 
respectively.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statements, to wit, " Guarantee Protein, not less than 36.00 Per Cent 
Equivalent to Ammonia 7.00 Per Cent * * * Fibre not more than 14.00- 
Per Cent," borne on the tags attached to the sacks containing the article, were 
false and misleading, in that the said statements represented that the article 
contained not less than 36 per cent of protein, equivalent to 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 deceive and mislead the purchaser 
into the belief that it contained not less than 36 per cent of protein, equivalent 
to 7 per cent of ammonia, and not more than 14 per cent of fiber, whereas the' 
said article contained less than 36 per cent of protein and more than 14 per 
cent of fiber.
On December 12, 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. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture^ 
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