30502. Misbranding of  cottonseed meal   and  cottonseed   screenings.     II.   S.   v.
Muskogee  Cotton  Oil  Co.     Plea of guilty.     Fine.  8100.     (F.  & D.  No.
42516.    Sample Nos. 664-C, 667-C.)
These products contained less protein and more fiber than declared on the 
labels.
On June 14, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Muskogee Cotton Oil Co., a corporation, 
Muskogee, Okla., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food
and Drugs Act, on or about September 30 and October 13, 1937, from the State of 
Oklahoma into the State of Kansas, of quantities of cottonseed meal and cotton- 
seed screenings that were misbranded. The articles were labeled in part: "Red 
Seal Brand Cotton Seed Cake and Meal * * * Manufactured by and for 
Muskogee Cotton Oil Co."; or " 'Army' Brand Prime Quality * * * Cotton- 
seed Cake and Meal Manufactured For and Guaranteed By Louis Tobian & 
Company Dallas, Texas."
The articles were alleged to be misbranded in that the statements borne on the 
tags, (one lot) "Protein not less than 41 percent" and "Crude Fiber not more 
than 13 percent," and (other lot) "Crude Protein not less than 43.00%," and 
"Crude Fiber, not more than 12.00%," were false and misleading and were borne 
on the tags so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since the former con- 
tained not more than 37.38 percent of protein and not less than 17.01 percent of 
crude fiber, and the latter contained not more than 40.81 percent of crude protein 
and not less than 14.03 percent of crude fiber.
On April 17, 1939, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant and 
the court imposed a fine of $100.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.