13380. Misbranding of cottonseed meal. V. S. v. New South Oil Co. Plea 
of giiilty. mine, $25 and costs. (P. & D. No. 18474. I. S. No. 
10462-v.)
On October 27, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Arkansas, 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 New South Oil Co., a corporation, Helena, Ark., alleging shipment by said 
company, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about November 22, 
1923, from the State of Arkansas into the State of Tennessee, of a quantity of 
cottonseed meal which was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: 
" Guaranteed Analysis Protein 41.00 Per Cent."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it contained 39 per ceot of protein.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
the statement, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis Protein 41.00 Per Cent," borne 
on the tags attached to the sacks containing the sa d article, was false and 
misleading, in that the said statement represented that the article contained
not less than 41 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 41 per cent of protein, whereas it did contain 
less than 41 per cent of protein, to wit, approximately 39 per cent of protein.
On March 10, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.