24572. Misbranding of cottonseed meal.    U. S. v. Cairo Meal & Cake Co.    Plea
of guilty.    Fine, $150 and costs.    (F. & D. no. 33928.   Sample no. 19181-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of cottonseed meal that con- 
tained less protein than declared on the label.
On February 19, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Cairo Meal & Cake Co., a corporation, 
Cairo, Ill., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, on or about October 25, 1933, from the State of Illinois, into the 
State of Indiana, of a quantity of cottonseed meal which was misbranded. 
The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "Bull Brand 43% Protein Cottonseed 
Meal Prime Quality Manufactured by Humphreys-Godwin Company Memphis, 
Tenn.   Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein, not less than 43.0%."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements, "43% Pro- 
tein" and "Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein, not less than 43.0%", borne on 
the tags, were false and misleading, and for the further reason that it was 
labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since it contained less than 
43 percent of protein.
On April 8, 1935, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company and the court imposed a fine of $150 and costs.
W. R. GHEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.