22892. Misbranding of   cottonseed   meal.     TJ.   S.   v.   Chickasha   Cotton   Oil
Co. (Hollis Cotton Oil Mill).   Flea of guilty.   Fine, $100 and costs.
(F. & D. no. 32212.    Sample nos. 19834-A, 19842-A, 19844-A, 19847-A.)
This case was based on several shipments of cottonseed meal. Short-weight 
sacks of meal were found in all shipments. The product in one shipment was 
also low in protein.
On July 23, 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 as the Hollis Cotton Oil Mill, Hollis, Okla., alleging shipment by 
said company in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about June 7, 
July 26, August 2, and August 5, 1933, from the State of Oklahoma into the 
State of Kansas, of quantities of cottonseed meal which was misbranded. Cer- 
tain shipments were labeled in part: (Tag) " Weight 100 Pounds Net ' Chicka- 
sha Prime' Cottonseed Cake or Meal * » * Guaranteed Analysis Protein 
not less than 43 per cent" One shipment was labeled in part: " 100 Pounds 
Net Chickasha Prime 43% Protein Cottonseed cake or Meal * * * Manu- 
factured by or for Chickasha Cotton Oil Company, Chickasha, Okla."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements, " Weight 
100 Pounds Net [or " 100 pounds Net"] ", with respect to all lots, and the 
statement " Guaranteed Analysis Protein not less than 43 per cent", with 
respect to one lot, were false and misleading, and for the further reason that 
it was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since a large number 
of sacks in each shipment were found to contain less than 100 pounds, and 
the product in one shipment contained less than 43 percent of protein.
On September 6, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $100, and costs.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.