22686. Misbranding of cottonseed meal  and  cottonseed  screenings.     V.  S.
v. Terminal  Oil Mill  Co.     Plea  of guilty.     Fine, $20.     (F. & D. no.
31329.    Sample nos. 19813-A, 19814-A.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of cottonseed meal and screenings 
that contained less protein and more crude fiber than declared on the label.
On December 14, 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 August 2 and September 8, 1932, from the 
State of Oklahoma into the State of Kansas, of quantities of cottonseed meal 
and cottonseed screenings which were misbranded. Both shipments were 
tagged: " K. C. Brand Cake and Meal * * * Guaranteed Analysis Protein, 
not less than 43%, * * * Crude Fiber, not more than 12% * * * 
Manufactured for Kansas City Cake & Meal Co. * * * Kansas City, Mo." 
One shipment bore a second tag reading in part: "Togo Prime Cottonseed 
Cake or Meal Guaranteed Analysis Protein, not less than 43 percent, * * * 
Crude Fibre, not more than 12 percent * * * Manufactured by Terminal 
Oil Mill Co. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma."
It was alleged in the information that the articles were misbranded in that 
the statements, " Guaranteed Analysis Protein, not less than 43% " and " Crude 
Fiber, not more than 12% ", borne on the tags, were false and misleading, and
for the further reason that they were labeled so as to deceive and mislead the 
purchaser, since they contained less than 43 percent of protein and more than 
12 percent of crude fiber.
On June 19, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $20.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.