14417.  Misbranding of cottonseed cake.    U. S. v. Whitesboro Oil Mill.    Plea 
of guilty.    Fine, $10 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 19726.    I. S. No. 22700-v.>
On March 12, 1926, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against the 
Whitesboro Oil Mill, a corporation, Whitesboro, Tex., alleging shipment by said 
company, in violation of the food and drags act, on or about January 5, 1925, 
from the State of Texas into the State of Kansas of a quantity of cottonseed 
cake which was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) " Choctaw 
Chief Brand * * * Guaranteed Analysis Protein not less than 43%, * * * 
Crude Fiber not more than 12% * * * Manufactured By Choctaw Cotton 
Oil Company   *    *    *   Ada, Oklahoma."
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of a sample from 
the shipment showed Jhat,^ 
12^67 per
cent crude fiber. 
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Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statements, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis Protein not less than 43% 
* * * Crude Fiber not more than 12%," borne on the labels were faise and 
misleading, in. that the said statements represented that the article contained 
not less than 43 per cent of protein and not more than 12 per cent of crude 
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 43 per cent of protein and not more than 12 per cent of crude fiber, 
whereas the said article contained less protein and more fiber than represented, 
to wit, approximately 39.68 per cent of protein and approximately 12.67 per 
cent of crude fiber.
On May 19, 1926, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.