10790.?Misbranding: of cottonseed cake and meal.    U. S. v. Harry W. Sheck-
ley, et al (Industrial Cotton Oil Properties).    Plea of guilty.    Fine,.?
$25.     (F. & D. No. 14904.    I. S. No. 18818-r.)
On May 29,1922, the United States attorney for the Western 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 Harry W. Sheck-?
ley, William O. Thompson, and Cecil O. Phillips, all of New York, N. Y., Her??
bert E. Wells, Columbia, S. C, and Elliott B. Church, Boston, Mass., trading?
under the name of Industrial Cotton Oil Properties, Seguin, Tex., alleging ship??
ment by said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about?
January 29, 1920, from the State of Texas into the State of Kansas, of a?
quantity of Rabbitfoot Brand cottonseed cake and meal which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the presence of 41.43 per cent of crude protein.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement?
" Guaranteed Analysis?Protein not less than 43?," borne on the tags attached?
to the sacks containing the article, regarding the article and the ingredients?
and substances contained therein, was false and misleading, in that it repre??
sented that the article contained not less than 43 per cent of protein, and for?
the further reason that the said article was labeled as aforesaid so as to mis??
lead the purchaser into the belief that it contained not less than 43 per cent of?
protein, whereas, in truth and in fact, it did contain less than 43 per cent of?
protein, to wit, 41.43 per cent of protein.
On June 8, 1922, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf of?
the defendants, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.