22028. Misbranding of   cottonseed   meal.    V.   S.   v.   Richard   K.   Wootten,
James   W.   Simmons,   George   A.   Simmons, and   Tom  B.   Simmons 
(Quanah Cotton Oil Co.).    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $25.     (F. & D. no.
29371.    I.S. no. 47486.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of cottonseed meal that con- 
tained less than 43 percent of protein, the amount declared on the label.
On December 5, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Richard K. Wootten, James W. Sim- 
mons, George A. Simmons, and Tom B. Simmons, copartners, trading as Quanah 
Cotton Oil Co., Quanah, Tex., alleging shipment by said defendants in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act on or about December 19, 1931, from the State of 
Texas into the State of Kansas, of a quantity of cottonseed meal that was mis- 
branded. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "43% Protein Cottonseed 
Meal Prime Quality Manufactured By Quanah Cotton Oil Co. Quanah, Texas. 
Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein not less than 43.00 Per Cent."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that the 
statements, " Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein not less than 43.00 Per Cent", 
and "43% Protein Cottonseed Meal", borne on the tag, were false and mislead- 
ing, 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.
On February 2, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered, and the court imposed 
a flue of $25.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.