>132!>5. Misbranding of cottonseed meal. C. S. v. Terrell Oil & Refining 
Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $100. (P. & D. No. 10232. I. S. No. 
10681-v.)
On November 29, 1924, 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 Terrell Oil & Refining Co., a corporation, Terrell, Tex., alleging shipment 
t>y said company, in violation of the food and'drugs act, on or about September
14, 1923, from the State of Texas into the State of Minnesota, of a quantity 
of cottonseed meal which was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: 
"43% Protein Cotton Seed Meal Prime Quality Manufactured by Terrell Oil & 
Refining Co., Inc. Terrell, Texas Guaranteed Analysis: Protein, not less than 
43%."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it contained 40.8 per cent of protein.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
the statements, to wit. " 43% Protein Cotton Seed Meal Prime Qualitv * * * 
Guaranteed Analysis: Protein, not less than 43%," borne on the tags attached 
to the sacks containing the article, were false and misleading, in that they 
represented that the article contained not less than 43 per cent of protein, 
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 43 
per cent of protein, whereas the said article did not contain 43 per cent of 
protein but did contain a less amount.
On February 12, 3925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.