5317.  Misbranding of cottonseed meal and cake.    IT. S.    *    *     *    v. Choctaw 
Cotton Oil Co., a corporation.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $25 and costs.
(F. & D. No. 7771.    I. S. No. 16083-1.)
On January 29, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Oklahoma, 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 Choctaw Cotton Oil Co., a corporation, doing business at Ada, Okla., alleg- 
ing shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or 
about December 7, 1915, from the State of Oklahoma into the State of Iowa, 
of a quantity of an article labeled in part " Cottonseed Meal and Cake," which 
was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed the following results:
Crude fiber (per cent) 
13.5
Protein (per cent) 
37.1
The results of analysis show that the product contains more 
fiber and less protein than is declared on the label.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the information for 
the reason that the statement, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein
* * * not less than 41% to 43% * * * Crude Fiber * * * not 
more than * * * 12%," borne on the tags attached to the sacks, regard- 
ing the article and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was false 
and misleading in that it represented that said article contained not less than 
41 per cent of crude protein and not more than 12 per cent of crude fiber; and 
for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid, so as to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser into the belief that it contained not less than 41 per cent 
of crude protein and not more than 12 per cent of crude fiber, whereas, in 
truth and in fact, it contained approximately 37.1 per cent of crude protein 
and approximately 13.5 per cent of crude fiber.
On March 5, 1917, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to- the in- 
formation, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
B. A. PEARSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.