S737. Misbranding- of cottonseed cuke. 17. S. * * * v. Belleville Cot??
ton Oil Co., a Corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50. (F. & D. No.?
12333.     I. S.  No. 592S-r.)
On August 31, 1920, live United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against the
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BUREAU  OF  CHEMISTRY.	
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Belleville Cotton Oil Co., a corporation, Belleville, Tex., alleging shipment by?
said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about?
October 12, 1918, from the State of Texas into the State of Kansas, of a quan??
tity of cottonseed cake which was misbranded.
Examination of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed the average gross weight of 100 sacks to be 95.33 pounds.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that it was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents was not?
plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On September 27, 1920, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on?
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.