15757.?Misbranding- of cottonseed meal.     U.  S. v. East St. Louis  Cotton Oil
Co.   (Forrest   City   Cotton   Oil   Mill).     Plea   of  guilty.    Fine,   $100.
(P. & D. No. 22529.    I. S. Nos. 9361-x, 10219-x.)
On November 8, 1927, 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 information against?
the East St. Louis Cotton Oil Co., trading as the Forrest City Cotton Oil Mill,?
Forest City, Ark., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the food,?
and drugs act, on or about October 4, 1926, from the State of Arkansas into?
the State of Indiana, and on or about September 22, 1926, under the name of?
the Humphreys-Godwin Co*, from the State of Arkansas into the State of?
Ohio, of quantities of cottonseed meal which was misbranded.
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that?
the statements, to wit, "Protein 43.00? * * * Crude Fiber 10.00?," with?
respect to a portion of the product, and " Guarantees this ' Lovit Brand' 43??
Cottonseed Meal to contain not less than * * * 43.0 per cent of crude?
protein, not more than 10.0 per cent of crude fiber," with respect to the re??
mainder thereof, borne on the tags, were false and misleading in that the?
said statements represented that the article contained not less than 43 per cent?
of protein, or crude protein, as the case might be, and not more than 10 ps;
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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, or crude protein, and not more than 10 per
 cent of crude fiber, whereas it contained less than 43 per cent of protein, or
* crude protein, and more than 10 per cent of crude fiber.
On March 20, 1928, 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.