5847. Adulteration and misbranding of oats. V. S. * * * v. G Carloads 
and 4 Carloads of Oats. Consent decree of condemnation. Product 
ordered released on bond. (F. & D. No. 8383. I. S. Nos. 1826-p, 1827-p, 
1832-p, 2821-p, 8203-p, 8204-p, 8205-p, 8218-p, 9005-p, 9006-p. S. No. 
E-872.)
On August 10, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, acting upon a report of the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 6 carloads and 4 carloads of oats, remaining unloaded 
at Newport News, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Inter- 
national Grain Elevator Co., from Minneapolis, Minn., on or about July 18, 
1917, and transported from the State of Minnesota into the State of Virginia, 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.
Adulteration of the article in each shipment was alleged in the libels for the 
reason that it had been mixed and packed With certain foreign substances, to 
wit, wild oats, weed seeds, and screenings, so as to reduce and lower and 
injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted in part for 
oats.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was an imita- 
tion of, and was offered for sale under the name of, another article, to wit, 
oats.
On August 25, 1917, an order consolidating the two libels into one cause was 
entered, and thereupon the said International Grain Elevator Co., claimant, 
having consented to a decree, the court found the article to be adulterated 
and misbranded, and a judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product should be delivered to said claimant upon 
the payment of the costs of the proceedings and execution of a bond in the 
sum of $5,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
CASL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.