20590.  Misbranding of Southland's Cottonseed Cake and Meal.     U. S. v. South- 
land Cotton Oil Co.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $20 and costs.    (F. & D. no.
35958.    Sample nos. 27422-B, 27424-B.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of quantities of an article de- 
scribed as Southland's Cottonseed Cake and Meal, which contained less protein 
and more crude fiber than the respective percentages thereof represented on the 
label.
On September 16, 1935, 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 Southland Cotton Oil Co., a corporation, 
Oklahoma City, Okla., charging shipment by said corporation, in violation, of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about January 26, and February 4, 1935, from the 
State of Oklahoma into the State of Kansas, of quantities of an article described 
as Southland's Cottonseed Cake and Meal which was misbranded. The article 
was labeled: "100 Lbs. Net Southland's Cottonseed Cake and Meal Prime Quality 
Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein, not'less than 43% Crude Fat, not less than 
5% Crude Fiber, not more than 12% * * * Made from Decorticated Cotton 
Seed By Southland Cotton Oil Company Head Office Paris Texas."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that the 
statements, "Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein, not less than 43%", and "Crude 
Fiber, not more than 12%", borne on the label, were false and misleading, and 
in that by reason of said statements the article was labeled so as to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser, since the statements represented that the article had a 
protein content amounting to not less than 43 percent and a crude fiber content 
amounting to not more than 12 percent; whereas in fact the article had a pro- 
tein content amounting to less than 43 percent and a crude fiber content 
amounting to more than 12 percent.
On January 15, 1936, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
corporation, and the court imposed a fine of $20 and costs.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.