28449. Misbranding of cottonseed meal.    V. S. v. Southland Cotton Oil Co.    Plea
of guilty.    Fine, $50 and costs.    (F. & D. No. 39777.    Sample Nos. 658-C, 
659-C.)
This product contained a smaller proportion of protein than that declared on 
the label.
On September 30, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court an information against the Southland Cotton Oil Co.^a corporation, 
trading at Oklahoma City, Okla., alleging shipment by said company in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about February 16, 1937, from the State 
-of Oklahoma into the State of Kansas, of quantities of cottonseed meal which 
was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Tags) "Southland's Cotton- 
seed Cake and Meal * * * Southland Cotton Oil Company Head Office Paris, 
Texas."
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the tags, "Crude 
Protein, not less than 43%," was false and misleading and was borne on the 
tags so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser since it contained less than 43 
percent, namely, not more than 39.13 percent in the case of one lot, and 38.(69 
percent in the case of the remaining lot, of crude protein.
On September 22, 1937, a plea of guilty was entered and the defendant was 
sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs.
HABBY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.