£259.  Misbranding of " Canary Brand Cotton Seed Meal."    U. S.     *    *     *     v. 
Huntsville  WarenoTise   Co.,  a  corporation.     Plea   of  guilty.     Fine,
$100.     (F. & D. No. 7674.    I. S. No. 12546-1 )
On October 26, 1916, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
the Huntsville Warehouse Co., a corporation, Huntsville, Ala., alleging ship- 
ment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about 
November 19, 1915, from the State of Alabama into the State of Ohio, of a 
Quantity of an article labeled in part, " Canary Brand Cotton Seed Meal," 
which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed the following results:
Crude fiber (percent) 
11.5
Protein (N x 6.25)   (per cent) 
37.5
Low in protein; high in fiber.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
the following statements regarding it and the ingredients and substances con- 
tained therein, appearing on the label, to wit, " High Grade Cotton Seed Meal 
41 to 45% protein Guaranteed Analysis * * * Protein 41%) * * * 
Fiber, maximum 10%. These are minimum guarantees frequently run higher." 
were false and misleading in that they indicated to purchasers thereof that 
it contained not less than 41 per cent of protein and not more than 10 per cent 
of fiber; and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to 
deceive and mislead purchasers into the belief that it contained not less than 41 
per cent of protein and not more than 10 per cent of fiber, when, in truth and in 
fact, it contained less than 41 per cent of protein and more than 10 per cent of 
fiber, to wit, 37.5 per cent of protein and 11.5 per cent of fiber.
On April 3, 1917, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the 
information, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
B. A. PEARSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.