13470. Misbranding of cottonseed meal. U. S. v. International Vegetable 
Oil Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, 8100 and costs. (F. & D. No. 19268 
I. S. Nos. 2874-v, 2875-v, 13703-v, 13705-v.)
On March 10, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
North Carolina, 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 International Vegetable Oil Co., a corporation, trading at Raleigh, N. C, 
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, in 
various consignments, namely, on or about November 12, 13, and 17, 1923, 
respectively, from the State of North Carolina into the State of Pennsylvania, 
of quantities of cottonseed meal which was misbranded. A portion of the 
product was labeled in part: "Guaranteed Analysis Protein (Equivalent to 
S% ammonia) 41.00% * * * Fibre (not more than) 10.00%." The re- 
mainder of the product was labeled in part: " Guaranteed Analysis Protein, 
not less than 41.12% Equivalent to Ammonia 8.00% * * * Fibre, not 
more than 10.00%."
Analyses by the Bureau of ?Chemistry of this department of a sample taken 
from each of the 4 lots of the product showed that the said samples contained 
7.58 per cent, 7.48 per cent, 7.66 per cent, and 7.51 per cent, respectively, of 
ammonia, 38.94 per cent, 38.44 per cent, 39.94 per cent, and 38.63 per cent, 
respectively, of protein, and 11.64 per cent, 11.59 per cent, 10.66 per cent, and 
12.14 per cent, respectively, of fiber.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statements, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis Protein (Equivalent to 8% 
ammonia) 41.00% Fibre (not more than) 10.00%," with respect to a portion of 
the product, and " Guaranteed Analysis Protein, not less than 41.12% Equiva- 
lent to Ammonia 8.00% Fibre, not more than 10.00%," with respect to the 
remainder thereof, borne on the labels, were false and misleading, in that the 
said statements represented that the article contained not less than 41 per cent 
of protein, equivalent to 8 per cent of ammonia, or not less than 41.12 per cent 
of protein, equivalent to 8 per cent of ammonia, as the case might be, and con- 
tained not more than 10 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 41 per cent of protein, equivalent to 8 
per cent of ammonia, or not less than 41.12 per cent of protein, equivalent to 
8 per cent of ammonia, and contained not more than 10 per cent of fiber, 
whereas the article contained less than the amounts of protein declared on the 
respective labels, less than the equivalent of 8 per cent of ammonia, and more 
than 10 per cent of fiber.
At the May, 1925, term of court 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.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.