22879. Misbranding of cottonseed cake or meal. U. S. v. Chickasha Cotton 
Oil Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, 825 and costs. (F. & D. no. 31410. 
Sample no.  19822-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of cottonseed cake or meal 
that contained less protein and more fiber than declared on the label.
On August 14, 1934, 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 Chickasha Cotton Oil Co., a corpora- 
tion, trading at. Lawton, Okla., alleging shipment by said company in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about November 23, 1932, from the State 
of Oklahoma into the State of Kansas, of a quantity of cottonseed cake or 
meal which was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) " Chicka- 
sha Prime 43% Protein Cottonseed Cake or Meal Guaranteed Analysis Protein, 
not less than 43% * * * Crude Fiber, not more than 12% * * * Manu- 
factured by or for Chickasha Cotton Oil Company, Chickasha, Okla."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements, " Guaran- 
teed Analysis Protein, not less than 43% * * * Crude Fiber, not more 
than 12% ", borne on the tag, were false and misleading, and in that it 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, namely, 
40.94 percent of protein, and 13.09 percent of crude fiber.
On September 6, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the de- 
fendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
M. Li. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.