30184. Misbranding of   cottonseed   screenings.     U.   S.  v.   Transit   Milling:   Co.
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $50.     (F. & D. No. 40823.    Sample No. 662-C.)
This product contained a smaller proportion of protein than that declared on 
the tag.
On April 29, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court
an information against the Transit Milling Co., a corporation, Sherman, Tex., 
alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food and Drugs Act 
or on about October 30, 1937, from the State of Texas into the State of Kansas 
of a quantity of cottonseed screenings which were misbranded. The article 
was labeled in part: "Tranco Brand."
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Protein not less than 
43%," borne on the tag, was false and misleading since it contained not more 
than 40.75 percent of protein.
On November 28, 1938, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and the court imposed a fine of $50.
HAKET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.