5969. Misbranding of cottonseed .meal and cottonseed feed Meal. U. S. 
* * * for Caisa.Campobello Oil Mill, a corporation. Plea of guilty. 
Pine, $50.     (F. & D. No   8308.    I. S. Nos. 2716-m, 2787-m, 2788-m, 2789-m.)
On August 16, 1917, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
South Carolina, 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 Campobello Oil Mill, a corporation, Campobello, S. C, alleging shipment 
by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 
26, 1916, January 10, 1917, January 13, 1917, and January 15, 1917, from the 
State of South Carolina into the State of North Carolina, of quantities of 
cottonseed meal in the first shipment and cottonseed feed meal in the other 
shipments, which were misbranded.
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed the following results:
Shipment of 
Oct. 96.    Jan. 19.    Jan, 13.    Jan. IS.
Protein (NX 6.25)   (percent)     33.1       33.2       31.8       32.9
Crude fiber  (per cent) 
11.2
Misbranding of the cottonseed meal was alleged in substance in the informa- 
tion for the reason that the statement borne on the tags attached to the sacks 
regarding the article and the ingredients and substances contained therein, to wit, 
" Guaranteed Analysis ' "• • Protein 38.62 per cent '- v "• Max. Crude 
Fiber 10.00 per cent," was false and misleading in that it represented that 
the article contained not less than 38.62 per cent of protein and not more than 
10 per cent of crude fiber, and for the further reason that it was labeled as 
aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead purchasers into the belief that it con- 
tained not less than 38.62 per cent of protein and not more than 10 per cent 
of crude fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained less than 38.62 per 
cent of protein and more than 10 per cent of crude fiber, to wit, 33.1 per cent 
of protein and 11.2 per cent of crude fiber.
Misbranding of the cottonseed feed meal in the other shipments was alleged 
for the reason that the statements borne on the tags attached to the sacks 
regarding the article and the ingredients and substances contained therein, to 
wit, " Guaranteed Analysis >! •' * Protein 36.00 per cent," was false and 
misleading in that it represented that the article contained not less than 36 
per cent of protein, 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 36 per cent of protein, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained 
less than 36 per cent of protein, to wit, 33.2 per cent, 31.8 per cent, or 32.9 per 
cent of protein, as the case might be.
On September 14, 1917, the defendant company filed its answer admitting 
the allegations of the information, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
GAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.