14469.  Misbranding of cottonseed cake.     U. S. v. Wichita Falls Cotton Oil    <- 
Co.     Plea   of   gruilty.     Fine,   $250.     (F.   &   D.   No.    19656.    I.    S.   No.     
23033-v.) 
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On June 15, 1925, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the  Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against   I 
the Wichita Falls Cotton Oil Co., a corporation, Wichita Falls, Tex., alleging 
shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act as amended,    I 
on or about October 13,  1924, from the  State of Texas into  the  State of   j 
Oklahoma,  of  a  quantity  of cottonseed  cake which  was misbranded.   The   \ 
article was labeled in part: XTag)  "100 Pounds (Net)    *    *    *   Cottonseed    \ 
Cake  Prime Quality  Manufactured  By  Wichita  Falls  Cotton  Oil  Company 
Wichita Falls, Texas."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of 32 sacks 
of the article from the shipment showed an average net weight of 97.4 pounds.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statement, to wit, "100 Pounds (Net)," borne on the tags attached 
to the sacks containing the said article, was false and misleading, in that the 
said statement represented that each sack contained 100 pounds net of the 
article, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to 
deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that each of said sacks con- 
tained 100 pounds net of the said article, whereas they did not but did contain 
a less amount. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the 
article was food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not 
plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On November 17, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $250.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture. ? _:_.