13813. Misbranding- of cottonseed meal. U. S. v. Chickasha Cotton Oil Co. 
Plea of guilty. Fine, $75 and costs. (F. & D. No. 19668. I. S. Nos. 
2365-v, 12313-v, 12318-v.)
On August 4, 1925, the United States attorney for the "Western District of 
Oklahoma, 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 Chickasha Cotton Oil Co.,v a corporation, trading at Chickasha, Okla., 
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, in 
various consignments, namely, on or about November 1 and December 31, 1923, 
respectively, from the State of Oklahoma into the State of Kansas, and on or 
about May 26, 1924, from the State of Oklahoma into the State of New York, 
of quantities of cottonseed meal which was misbranded. The article was 
labeled in part: " ' Chickasha Prime ' Cottonseed Cake or Meal * * * Guaran- 
teed Analysis: Protein not less than 43 per cent * * * Chickasha Cotton 
Oil Co. Chickasha, Okla."
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of a sample of the 
article from each shipment showed that it contained 39.78 per cent, 41.36 per 
cent, and 40.29 per cent, respectively, of protein.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statement, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis: Protein not less than 43
per cent," borne on the tags attached to the sacks containing the said article', 
was false and misleading, in that the said statement 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 pur- 
chaser into the belief that it contained not less than 43 per cent of protein, 
whereas the said article contained less than 43 per cent of protein.
On September 19, 1925. a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $75 and costs.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.