21614. Misbranding of   cottonseed    screenings.      V.   S.   v.   Rosebud    Oil   etc
Cotton  Co.     Plea of guilty.      Fine, $50.     (F. & D. no. 29470.    l.S. no 
47495.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of cottonseed screenings that 
were found to contain less than 43 percent of protein, the amount declared 
on the label.
On March 7, 1933. the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court an information against the Rosebnd Oil & Cotton Co., a corporation, 
Rosebud, Tex., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, on or about March 2. 1932. from the State of Texas into the State 
of Kansas, of a quantity of cottonseed screenings that were misbranded. 
The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "Prime Quality 43% Protein Cotton- 
seed Cake and Meal-Guaranteed Analysis Protein, not less than 43% * * * 
Manufactured   By Rosebud Oil & Cotton Co., Rosebud, Texas."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statements. "43% protein * * * guaranteed analysis protein, not less 
than 43% ", borne on the tag, was false and misleading, and for the further 
reason that the article was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, 
since it contained less than 43 percent of protein.
On November 20, 1933, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court, imposed a fine of $50.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.