8018.?Adnlteration and  misbranding-  of cottonseed meal.    IT.  S.    *    *    *    v.
Central  Cotton  Oil  Co.,  a  Corporation.    Plea of  g-nilty.     Fine,  $50?
and costs.     (F. & D. No. 947S.    I. S. No. 15401-p.)
On May 7, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District Of?
Mississippi, 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 Central Cotton Oil Co., a corporation, Jackson, Miss., alleging shipment by?
said defendant company, on or about October 16, 1917, in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act, from the State of Mississippi into the State of Michigan, of?
a quantity of cottonseed meal which was adulterated and misbranded. The?
article was labeled in part, " ' Wawco-Brand' -Cotton" Seed Meal 100 Lbs.?
Cross Weight Protein 36 to 39 per ct. Carbohydrates 20 to 30 per ct. Fat?
5 to 8 per ct. Crude fiber 10 to 22 per ct. Manufactured for The Wagner?
White Co., Inc., Jackson, Mich., U. S. A."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed 32.9 per cent of protein.      ........
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
cottonseed hulls had been mixed and packed with the article so as to reduce?
and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substi??
tuted in part for cottonseed meal, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement?
" Protein 36 to 39 per ct.," borne on the tags attached to the sacks containing?
the article, was false and misleading, and the article was labeled so as to deceive?
and mislead the purchaser in that it wras represented that said article contained?
not less than 36 per cent of protein, whereas, in truth and in fact, the article?
did contain less than 36 per cent of protein.
On November 22. 1919, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to*the?
information, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.