30183. Misbranding of  cottonseed  meal.     XJ.   S.  v.   Chickasha  Cotton   Oil   Co.
Plea of g:ullty.    Fine, $25 and costs.     (F. & D. No.  42526.    Sample No. 
4147-D.)
This product contained a smaller proportion of protein than that declared on 
the tag.
On July 12, 1938, the United States attorney for the Western District of Okla- 
homa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court an information against the Chickasha Cotton Oil Co., a corporation trading 
at Altus, Okla., alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act on or about January 21, 1938, from the State of Oklahoma into 
the State of Kansas, of a quantity of cottonseed meal that was misbranded. 
The article was labeled in part: "Chickasha Quality."
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Protein not less than 
43.00 Per Cent," borne on the tag, was false and misleading and tended to 
deceive and mislead the purchaser, since it contained not more than 39.38 percent 
of protein.
On August 10, 1938, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court 
imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
HAEET L. BROWN", Acting Secretary of Agriculture.