4253. Adulteration and misDi-ariding- of osita. TJ. S.'v. 150 Bags of Oafs? * * *. Consent decree of condeninatlon and forfeiture. Product? ordered released on bond . (P. & D. No. 6501. I. S. No. 11603-k. S. No.? E-305.) On June 10, 1915, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of? North Carolina, 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 150 bags of oats, remaining unsold in the original unbroken? packages -at Raleigh, N. C, alleging that the product had been shipped May 31,? 1915, by Callahan & Sons (Inc.), Louisville, Ky., and transported from the State? of Kentucky into the State of North Carolina, and charging adulteration and? misbranding .in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The bags Avere labeled? " 160 pounds white oats." It was alleged in the libel that the oats were in violation of section 7, Food? and Drugs Act, paragraphs 1 and 2, the said oats being heavily bleached and? containing a large per cent of barley screenings, and were therefore adulter?? ated within the meaning of said act. It Avas further alleged that the oats were? in violation of section 8 of said act, first general paragraph and paragraph 2,? [being] labeled " 160 pounds Avhite oats," when, in truth and in fact, the said? label Avas false and misleading, and the said sacks did not contain 160 pounds? of Avhite oats, but contained and Avere supposed to contain 160 pounds pf adulter?? ated oats, as abo\Te set forth, and were therefore misbranded in violation of? the section of law as above quoted. It Avas further alleged that the adultera?? tion of the oats, as herein set out, and the false misbranding and labeling of? the same, Avere all contrary to the Food and Drugs Act, passed June 30, 1906. On June 30, 1915, the said Callahan & Sons (Inc.), claimant, having con?? sented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and? it Avas ordered by the court that the product should be delivered to said claim?? ant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of bond in? the sum of $300 in conformity with section 10 of the act. CARL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 376 BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY. [Supplement 16.