21677. Misbranding of cottonseed screenings.    V. S. v. National Cottonseed
Products   Corporation.    Plea   of   guilty.     Fine,   S25.     (F.   &   D.   no.
30210.    Sample nos. 19803-A, 19805-A.)
This case was based on the interstate shipment of quantities of cottonseed 
screenings that contained less than 43 percent of protein, the amount declared 
on the labels.
On July 24, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the National Cottonseed Products Corpo- 
ration, trading at Morrilton, Ark., alleging shipment by said company on or 
about June 12, 1932, in the name of the Morrilton Cotton Oil Co., and on or 
about June 22, 1932, in the name of the Morrilton Cotton Oil Mill, from the 
State of Arkansas into the State of Kansas, of quantities of cottonseed screen- 
ings that were misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) " Guaran- 
teed Analysis Protein, not less than 43% * * * Products of cottonseed 
only. Manufactured For Kansas City Cake & Meal Co. * * * Kansas 
City, Mo."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statement, " Guaranteed Analysis Protein, not less than 43% ", borne on 
the tags attached to the sacks containing the article, was false and misleading, 
and for the further reason that the article was labeled so as to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser, since the article contained less than 43 percent of 
protein.
On October 4, 1933, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
M. Ii. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.