10652.?Misbranding- of cottonseed cake.     U.  S.     *     *     *     v. The McKinney
Cotton   Oil   Mill   Co.,   a   corporation.    Plea   of   guilty.     Fine,   9550.
(F. & D. No. 14764.    I. S. No. 18815-r.)
On June 25,1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Texas,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed iri the District Court?
of the United States for said district an information against the McKinney?
Cotton Oil Mill Co., a corporation, McKinney, Texas, alleging shipment by?
said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about January 6,?
1920, from the State of Texas into the State of Kansas, of a quantity of cotton??
seed cake which was misbranded. The article was labeled in part, (tag)?
" 100 Pounds (Net) Prime Cotton Seed Cake Manufactured by McKinney?
Cotton Oil Mill Co., McKinney, Texas    *    *    * "
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it contained 41.40 per cent of protein.
Misbranding of >the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
the statement, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis Protein not less than 43?," borne?
on the tags attached to the sacks containing the said article, regarding the?
article and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and?
misleading in that it represented that the said article contained not less than?
43 per cent of protein, and for the further reason that the article was labeled?
as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it?
contained not less than 43 per cent of protein, whereas, in truth and in fact,?
it did contain less than 43 per cent of protein, to wit, 41.40 per cent of protein.
On January 16, 1922, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on?
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.