20997. Misbranding of  cottonseed  screenings.     U.   S.  v.  Terminal  Oil  Mill
Co.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $1 and costs.     (F. & D. no. 29471.    I. S. no. 
47491.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of cottonseed screenings 
that contained less protein and more fiber than declared in the labeling.
On April 4, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Terminal Oil Mill Co., a corporation, 
Oklahoma City, Okla., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, on or about February 12, 1932, from the State of 
Oklahoma into the State of Kansas, of a quantity of cottonseed screenings 
that were misbranded. The article was labeled in part: "' Tomco Prime' 
Cottonseed Cake or Meal Guaranteed Analysis Protein, not less than 43% 
* * * Crude Fibre, not more than 12% * * * Manufactured by 
Terminal Oil Mill Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statements, " Guaranteed analysis protein, not less than 43% * * * 
Crude fibre, not more than 12% ", borne on the tag, were false and misleading, 
and for the further reason that the article was labeled so as to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser, since it contained less than 43 percent of protein, and 
more than 12 percent of crude fiber.
On May 3, 1933, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $1 and costs.
R. G. TCJGWELI,, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.