3318. Adulteration and misbranding: of stock feed. tJ. S. v. 40 Sacks of?
Dairy Feed, 60 Sacks of Sweet Feed, and 240 Sacks of Molasses?
Feed. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.    (F. & D. No. 5183.    S. No. 1787.)
On April 28, 1913, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 40 sacks of dairy feed, 60 sacks of sweet feed, and 240 sacks?
of molasses feed, each sack containing approximately 100 pounds, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages and in possession of the Interstate?
Brokerage Co., Quitman, Ga., alleging that the product had been shipped on?
or about March 29, 1913, by the Ozark Feed Co., Neosho, Mo., and transported?
from the State of Missouri into the State of Georgia, and charging adulteration
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[June, 1914.
and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The dairy feed?
was labeled: (On sasks) "100 Lbs. Neozark Dairy Feed. Ozark Feed Co.,?
Neosho, Mo." (On tags) "Neozark Dairy Feed; Guaranteed Analysis: Crude?
Fat 3 per cent, Crude Protein 12 per cent, Crude Fibre 10 per cent, Carbohydrates?
53 per cent; contains corn meal, wheat bran, alfalfa, and molasses; Ozark Feed?
Co., Neosho, Mo." The sweet feed was labeled: (On sacks) "100 lbs. Neozark?
Sweet Feed. Corn, oats, alfalfa, molasses, salt. A strictly high grade feed;?
Ozark Feed Co., Neosho, Mo." (On tags) "Neozark Sweet Feed; average?
guaranteed analysis, Crude Fat 3 per cent, Crude Protein 11 per cent, Crude?
Fibre 12 per eent, Carbohydrates 55 per cent; contains corn, oats, alfalfa,?
molasses;?Ozark Feed Co., Neosho, Mo." The molasses feed was labeled:?
(On sacks) "100 lbs. Neozark Molasses Feed.?Corn, oats, alfalfS, corn bran,?
recleaned screenings, salt, and molasses; a well balanced ration; Ozark Feed?
Co., Neosho, Mo." (On tags) "Neozark Molasses Feed?average guaranteed?
analysis?Crude Fat 3 per cent, Crude Protein 11 per cent, Crude Fibre 13 per?
cent, Carbohydrates 52 per cent; made from alfalfa, molasses, corn, oats, corn?
bran, salt.   Ozark Feed Co., Neosho, Mo."
Adulteration of the dairy feed was alleged in the libel for the reason that?
it was mixed with weed seed, whole, broken, and smutty wheat grains, oats?
in the form of screenings, so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect the?
quality and strength of said feed. Adulteration of the sweet feed was alleged?
for the reason that it was mixed with weed seeds and broken and shriveled?
wheat in the form of screenings which had been added to and mixed with said?
feed so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength.?
Misbranding of the dairy feed was alleged for the reason that it was branded?
to contain 3 per cent of fat and 12 per cent of protein, when, in truth and in?
fact, it contained a less amount of said products, and because such labels pur??
ported to announce the constituents of said feed when there were present?
cracked corn, weed seed, wheat, and oats not declared upon said labels. Mis??
branding of the sweet feed was alleged for the reason that it was labeled to?
contain 3 per cent of fat, when, in truth and in fact, it contained a less amount?
of said product, and because said labels purported to announce the con??
stituents of said feed, when in fact said feed contained weed seed and broken?
and shriveled wheat not declared upon the said labels. Misbranding of the?
molasses feed was alleged because same was labeled to contain 3 per cent of?
fat and 11 per cent of protein, when, in truth and in fact, it contained a smaller?
amount of each of said products.
On February 12, 1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 20, 191k-