0454.  Misbranding of   cottonseed   cake.     U.   S.     *     *     *     v.   International 
Vegetable Oil Co., a Corporation.     Plea of guilty.     Fine, $25.     (F. &
D. No. 12001.     I. S. Nos. 10874-r, 10875-r.)
On April 19, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Texas, 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 International Vegetable Oil Co., a corporation, having a place of business 
at Dallas, Tex., alleging shipment by the said company, in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about November 19 and 25, 1918, respectively, from 
the State of Texas into the State of Kansas, of quantities of cottonseed cake 
which was misbranded.
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed the following results:
Ether extract (crude fat).
Crude fiber 
Crude protein 
Shipment 
of Nov. 19.
Per cent.
5.61
13.65
38.60
Shipment 
of Nov. 25.
Per cerd.
5.86- 
14.50 
38.33
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
the following statements, to wit, " Protein, not less than 41% Oil or Fat, not 
less than 6% Crude Fiber, not more than 12%," borne on the tags attached to 
the sacks containing the article, regarding it and the ingredients and substances 
contained therein, were false and misleading in that they represented that the said 
article contained not less than 41 per cent of protein, not less than 6 per cent 
of oil or fat, and not more than 12 per cent of crude fiber, and for the further 
reason that the article was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead: 
the purchaser into the belief that it contained not less than 41 per cent of pro- 
tein, not less than 6 per cent of oil or fat, and not more than 12 per cent of 
crude fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact, the said article did contain less than 
41 per cent of protein, less than 6 per cent of oil or fat, and more than 12 per 
cent of crude fiber.
On June 20, 1921, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and. the court imposed a fine of $25.
C. W. PUGSLEY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.