26378. Misbranding of cottonseed cake.    V. S. v. Southland Cotton Oil Co.    Plea
of guilty.    Fine, $25 and costs.     (F. & D. no. 38053.    Sample no. 49189-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of cottonseed cake which contained 
less protein than declared on the label.
On October 13, 1936, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Southland Cotton Oil Co., a corporation, 
Oklahoma City, Okla., alleging that on or about April 11, 1986, said defendant 
had shipped from the State of Oklahoma into the State of Kansas a quantity of
cottonseed cake which was misbranded in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: "Southland's cottonseed cake and meal Prime 
Quality Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein, not less than 43% * * * 
Southland Cotton Oil Company   Head Office   Paris, Texas."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Crude Pro- 
tein, not less than 43%", borne on the label, was false and misleading and in 
that it was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since the article 
contained less than 43 percent of crude protein, namely, not more than 40.63 
percent of crude protein.
On October 17, 1936, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.