9592. Misbranding of " Monarch " Brand cottonseed feed. U. S. * * * 
v. Monarch Mills, a Corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, $100 and 
costs.     (F. & D. No. 12346.    I.  S. No.  10917-r.)
On June 30, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Tennessee, 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 Monarch Mills, a corporation, Chattanooga, Tenn., alleging shipment by 
said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about April 11, 
1919, from the State of Tennessee into the State of Kentucky, of a quantity 
of " Monarch " Brand cottonseed feed which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it contained 18.20 per cent of protein, 24.40 per cent of 
crude fiber, and 2.75 per cent of ether extract (crude fat).
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statement, to wit, " Protein 20 per cent Fat 3i per cent Fibre 22 
per cent," borne on the tags attached to the sacks containing the said article, 
regarding it and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was false 
and misleading in that it represented that the article contained not less than 
20 per cent of protein, not less than 3| per cent of fat, and not more than 22 
per cent of fiber, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid 
so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it contained 
not less than 20 per cent of protein, not less than 3i per cent of fat, and not 
more than 22 per cent of fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact, said article did 
contain less protein and fat and more fiber than represented by said state- 
ment, to wit, approximately 18.20 per cent of protein and 2.7 per cent of fat, 
and approximately 24.40 per cent of fiber.
On November 9, 1920, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and 
costs.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.