NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2512.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drags Act.)
V.   S.   v.   300   Sacks   of  Corn   Chops.   Decree   of   condeinnaiton   by   default.
Goods ordered sold.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF CORN CHOPS.
On or about December 23, 1912, the United States Attorney for 
the Eastern District of Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States 
for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 200 sacks 
of corn chops remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages 
and in possession of the Augusta Mercantile Co., Augusta, Ark., 
alleging that the product had been shipped on November 25, 1912, 
by R. J. House & Co., Kansas City, Mo., and transported from the 
State of Missouri into the State of Arkansas, and charging adultera- 
tion and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
product was labeled: " 100 lbs. Corn Chops, Mnf. by Western Grain 
Co., Kansas City, Mo. Analysis Protein 9%, Fat 3%, Crude Fiber 
3|%, carbo-hydrates, 70% Ingredients ground corn only."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason 
that a substance, to wit, sand, had been mixed and packed with it so 
as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength; and 
in that a substance, to wit, sand, had been substituted in part for the 
product. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the product 
was labeled so as to deceive the purchaser, being labeled " Corn 
Chops, Ingredients ground corn only," whereas, in fact, the product 
contained added sand, and was further misbranded in that the pack- 
ages containing it and the labels thereon bore a statement regarding 
the ingredients and substances contained therein which was false and
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misleading, said packages, and each of them, being labeled " Corn 
Chops, Ingredients ground corn only," when in fact each of the pack- 
ages contained added sand.
On March 12, 1913, no claimant having appeared for the property, 
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was 
ordered by the court that the product should be sold by the United 
States marshal.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C-, June 14, 1913.
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