7631. Misbranding' of cottonseed meal os* screened cottonseed cake. TJ. S. 
* * * v. Union Seed & Fertilizer Co., a corporation, and T. O. 
Branch Co., a corporation. Plea -of guiilty. Fine, $50. (F. & D. No. 
31215.    I. S. Nos.  10691-r, 10692-r.)
On December 15, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Arkansas, 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 Union Seed and Fertilizer Co., a corporation, and the T. O. Branch Co., 
a corporation, Little Rock, Ark., alleging shipment by said companies, in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about November 20, 1918, and 
November 14, 1918, respectively, from the State of Arkansas into the State 
of Indiana, of quantities of an article, labeled in part " Makfat Brand Cotton 
Seed Meal and Screened Cotton Seed Cake," which was misbranded.
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed the following results:
Shipment      Shipment 
of Nov. 20.    of Nov. 14.
Crude fiber (per cent) 
13.95 14.95
Nitrogen   (per cent) 
6.20 5.94
Protein (per cent) 
38.8 37.1
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the*reason 
that the following statements appearing on the label, to wit, " Protein 41% 
to 43% Crude Fibre not over 10% " or " Not less than 41.0 per cent, of crude 
protein Not more than 10.0 per cent, of crude fiber," were false and mis- 
leading in that they represented to purchasers that the article 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 crude fiber, whereas, in fact and 
in truth, it did contain less than 41 per cent of protein and more than 10 
per cent of crude fiber.
On January 8, 1920, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
companies, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.