22729. Misbranding of cottonseed cake and meal.    U. S. v. Traders Oil Mill
Co.    Plea   of   guilty.    Fine,   $50.    (F.   &   D.   no.   32183.    Sample   nos. 
19839-A, 19840-A.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of cottonseed cake and meal 
which contained less than 43 percent of protein, the amount declared on the 
labels.
On July 24, 1934, 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 the Traders Oil Mill Co., a corporation, Fort 
Worth, Tex., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, on or about July 10 and July 25, 1933, from the State of Texas into 
the State of Kansas, of quantities of cottonseed cake and meal which were 
misbranded. One shipment was labeled in part: "43% Protein Cracked 
Cottonseed Cake Prime Quality Manufactured by Traders Oil Mill Co., Fort 
Worth, Tex., Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein not less than 43.00 Per Cent." 
The other shipment was labeled in part: " 'Army Brand' Prime Quality 43% 
Protein Cottonseed Cake and Meal * * * Protein, not less than 43% 
*    *    *    Manufactured for Louis Tobian & Company Dallas, Texas."
It was alleged in the information that the articles were misbranded in that 
the statements, " Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein not less than 43.00 Per 
Cent", and " Protein, not less than 43% ", borne on the tags of the respective 
lots, were false and misleading, and for the further reason that the articles 
were labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since they contained 
less than 43 percent of protein, samples from the two lots having been found 
to contain 40.13 and 40.81 percent, respectively, of protein.
On July 28, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.