24824. Misbranding of  cottonseed  cake  or meal.     U.  S.  v.   Chillicothe  Cotton
Oil  Co.    Plea  of guilty.    Fine,  $50.    (F.  & D.  no.   33898.    Sample no. 
63712-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of cottonseed products that con- 
tained less protein than declared on the label.
On January 16, 1935, 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 Chillicothe Cotton Oil Co., a cor- 
poration, Chillicothe, Tex., alleging shipment by said company in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about January 18, 1934, from the State of 
Texas into the State of Kansas of a quantity of cottonseed cake or meal 
which was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: "Cottonseed Cake 
or Meal Manufactured By Chillicothe Cotton Oil Co. Chillicothe, Texas. 
Guaranteed Analysis: Protein, Not less than 43.00%."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement, "Guaranteed 
Analysis: Protein, not less than 43.00%", borne on a tag attached to the sack 
containing the article, was false and misleading, and for the further reason 
that the article was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since it 
did not contain 43 percent of protein, but did contain a less amount.
On July 6, 1935, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company and the court imposed a fine of $50.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.