13104. Misbranding  of  cottonseed  meal.    TJ.   S.  v.   Conway  Oil  &  Ice  Co.
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $50.     (F. & D. No. 18751.    I. S. No. 8845-v.)
On September 19, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in
the District Court of the United States for said district an 'nformation against 
the Conway Oil & Ice Co., a corporation, Conway, Ark., alleging shipment 
by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about August 
11, 1923, from the State of Arkansas into the State of Indiana, of a quantity 
of cottonseed meal which was misbranded.
Analys a of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it contained approximately 36.48 per cent of pro- 
tein, 5.84 per cent of nitrogen, and 7.09 per cent of ammonia.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statements, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis Owl Brand 41% * * * 
Choice Prime Cotton Seed Meal * * * Ammonia 8.00%, Protein 41.00% 
* * * Nitrogen 6.58% * * *," borne on the tags attached to the sacks 
conta'ning the article, were false and misleading, in that the said statements 
represented that the article contained 8 per cent of ammonia, 41 per cent of 
protein, and 6.58 per cent of nitrogen, and for the further reason that it was 
labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the be- 
lief that it contained 8
' per cent of ammonia, 41 per cent of protein, and 6.58 
per cent of nitrogen, whereas it did not contain 8 per cent of ammonia, 41 
per cent of protein, and 6.58 per cent of nitrogen but did contain less amounts.
On January 24, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
It. W. DTXNXAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.