25321.  Misbranding of cottonseed meal.     IT. S. v. East St. Louis Cotton Oil Co. 
(Forrest City Cotton Oil Mill).     Plea of guilty.     Fine, $25.     (F. & D.
no. 35955.    Sample no. 33011-B.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of cottonseed meal that con- 
tained less crude protein than declared on the label.
On September 20, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court an information against the East St. Louis Cotton Oil Co., a 
corporation, trading as the Forrest City Cotton Oil Mill at Forrest City, Ark., 
alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on 
or about March 28, 1935, from the State of Arkansas into the State of Kansas, 
of a quantity of cottonseed meal which was misbranded. The article was 
labeled in part:   (Tag) "Army Brand Prime Quality 43% Protein Cottonseed
Cake and  Meal Manufactured for Louis Tobian & Company  Dallas, Texas 
Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein, not less than 43.00%."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the -statements, "43% Pro- 
tein * * * Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein, not less than 43.00%", 
Iwrne on the tags attached to the sacks containing the articles, 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, namely, 
not more than 40% percent of protein.
On October 12, 1935, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.